Welcome to Magnifique Marion Cotillard - your English online resource for everything about the Oscar winning French actress. She's best known for her award winning performance in La Vie en Rose - but you might also recognize her from movies such as Love Me If You Dare, Big Fish or A Very Long Engagement. Following her Oscar win she starred in Public Enemies, Nine, Inception and the French Little White Lies. In 2011 she became a mother and was seen in Midnight in Paris and Contagion on the big screen while she filmed scenes for The Dark Knight Rises and for Jacques Audiard's Rust & Bone. In 2012 she will play a Polish immigrant in the period drama Low Life. Not stopping at movies, Marion Cotillard is also exploring her musical talents as a member of the French rock band Yodelice. All the while, she is never too busy to lend her time and name to causes she believes in! Enjoy your visit keep checking back for all the latest news!
Once again, it’s time for a little round-up of project rumours which are inevitable when it comes to an actor as successful as Marion Cotillard:
• Gravity Sources: BleedingCool (July 24) & Hollywood Reporter (August 10)
Marion Cotillard screen-tested for the lead role of the outer space drama à la ‘Cast Away’ this summer after Angelina Jolie dropped out. However, it looks like either Scarlett Johansson or Blake Lively will get the part.
• Batman 3 Sources: ComicBookMovie.com & Batman Movie News (August 18)
Marion Cotillard was reportedly approached by the studio to play either Selina Kyle (Catwoman) or Talia al Ghul (estranged daughter of villain Ra’s al Ghul). The “inside source” goes on to say that Marion turned them down due to commitments and attachments to other projects. Basically, simple “hearsay” which has since been taken off the internet at its original source about her being approached is currently being spun into a sensational rumour across the cyberspace. Interestingly, Elle.fr writes that Marion turned down the offers due to “projects close to her heart”. I leave it to you whether they have inside information or were simply being original.
• Marsupilami The ambitious project has been discreetly developed by the production company Chez Wam since 2004 and Marion’s name was recently dropped by a Mexican newspaper in connection with it. According to Le Parisien shooting seems to start September 20 and will last until mid-January 2011. Interestingly, La Môme (La Vie en Rose)’s Production Designer Olivier Raoux is involved… Staying tuned!
I wonder if Marsupilami has any relation to the Disney cartoon?
I used to LOVE that when I was a kid! Haha.
To be honest i’d be happy to see Marion participate in any of those films!
All of them sound like new territory for her and it definitely seems like she’s trying to build up a strong portfolio of work within the US.
Hopefully by working on a variety of different projects she’ll show her diversity and we’ll see her as a lead in some upcoming films!
Definitely have to agree on that! I love that it’s in relation to projects by great directors that we’ve heard Marion’s name
Comment by Vick on Aug. 25, 2010
Won’t she be filming Contagion during the time Marsupilami is filming? My understanding is that she has the lead female part in Contagion, but I could be wrong about that.
Also, it’d be kind of crazy for her to turn down the Catwoman part. She would be an A-list star after that. Yes, it’s a comic book movie, but it’s a comic book movie directed by Christopher Nolan. The only thing I can think of is that she may be filming Cosmopolis at that time. But I still would think she would try to find a way to make it work. That’s a star making role.
Low Life (2012) Character: Sonya Cybulski Director: James Gray Filming Starts January 24, 2012 Info •
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Un goût de rouille et d'os (2012) Rust & Bone Character: Stéphanie Director: Jacques Audiard Filming until December 2011 Info •
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Character: Miranda Tate Director: Christopher Nolan In Post-Production In theatres July 20, 2012 (US) Info •
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Contagion (2011) Character: Leonora Orantes Director: Steven Soderbergh On DVD & Blu-ray January 3, 2012 (US) Info •
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Midnight in Paris (2011) Character: Adriana Director: Woody Allen On DVD & Blu-ray December 20, 2011 (US) Info •
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Les petits mouchoirs (2010) Little White Lies Character: Marie Director: Guillaume Canet Available on DVD & Blu-ray Info •
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In development / Rumoured
- une (R)évolution (info)
- Vivre c'est mieux que mourir (info)
- Blood Ties (info)
- Arthur And Lancelot (info)
Other Projects
Lady Dior - L.A.dy Dior (since 2008) Print Campaign: Steven Klein Short Movie: John Cameron Mitchell Released in December 2011 Info •
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Yodelice (since 2010) Pseudonym: Simone Album: Cardioid Joining the 2010/11 Tour sporadically Info •
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August 24, 2010
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I wonder if Marsupilami has any relation to the Disney cartoon?
I used to LOVE that when I was a kid! Haha.
To be honest i’d be happy to see Marion participate in any of those films!
All of them sound like new territory for her and it definitely seems like she’s trying to build up a strong portfolio of work within the US.
Hopefully by working on a variety of different projects she’ll show her diversity and we’ll see her as a lead in some upcoming films!