There has been talk for almost a year now that Marion might be appearing in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ (aka ‘Batman 3′). The rumour has again resurfaced this past weekend courtesy of Le Figaro.

Marion Cotillard in ‘Batman 3′?. The actress, who is expecting a child in the spring with Guillaume Canet, will be scarce this year. She’ll do a single film and her choice fell on ‘Batman 3′. This blockbuster produced by Warner Bros.. enables her to work with the director Christopher Nolan, with whom she had turned very successful sci-fi Inception. Marion Cotillard will join the filming this summer in Los Angeles. She will share the bill with Anne Hathaway.

Le Parisien has added fuel to the rumour in February 14 edition.

At the moment it still is an unconfirmed rumour and will remain one until official word comes from Warner Bros.

Le Figaro also excludes ‘Vivre, c’est mieux que mourir’ in its article, which is due to start filming in the fall. Pre-sales for ‘Vivre, c’est mieux que mourir’ have been launched at the European Film Market in Berlin this week.

Update: Her rep tells The Hollywood Reporter that Marion is in discussions to join the film (no additional information will be posted here until a confirmation is given).

Source: The Hollywood Reporter, Le Figaro, Slash Film, Le Parisien and Cineuropa

Marion’s grandmother Léontine Cotillard passed away on February 7 aged 102.

We offer our condolences to her family and friends.

Source: Le Telegramme

‘Les Petits Mouchoirs‘ was among the winners at the 18th Trophées du Film français, which were held in Paris on Thursday night.

The film won the Trophée du Film français (Le Film français) which recognises the highest-grossing French film of the year.

It was also runner-up in the categories Trophée des Trophées, highest grossing film in France, beaten by  ’Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1‘ and Trophée du prix du public TF1 (Audience Award), beaten by ‘L’arnacœur‘ (‘Heartbreaker’).

‘Inception‘ came in third in the category Trophée des Trophées.

Sources: The Hollywood Reporter and Chino Kino.

Marion Cotillard’s upcoming movie, the Woody Allen-directed ‘Midnight in Paris‘ will open the Cannes Film Festival on May 11 in the Lumière theatre, in the presence of the Jury presided by Robert De Niro.

“Midnight in Paris is a wonderful love letter to Paris”, declared Festival director Thierry Frémaux. “It’s a film in which Woody Allen takes a deeper look at the issues raised in his last films: our relationship with history, art, pleasure and life. His 41st feature reveals once again his inspiration.”

Mars Films is distributing the movie in France and the great news is that they’re releasing it in 400 cinemas across France the very same day. The festival together with Canal+ and the national federation of French theaters plan to make the Opening Ceremony available as live feed to any theatre in France requesting it.

Source: Deadline.com

In the US the distribution will be handled by Sony Pictures Classic as reported earlier this month – but they have not yet set a release date. This is what they have to say about the movie:

“Midnight in Paris is Woody Allen at his most magical,” said SPC’s Michael Barker and Tom Bernard in a joint statement. “We couldn’t be more pleased to be back with Woody, Letty and their entire team, as well as our friends at Mediapro.”

Visit IFC.com to see the first official still from ‘Midnight in Paris‘ (it’s of Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams).

Last July Marion Cotillard was on the cover of Madame Figaro Japon. The pictures are mostly the same as were featured in the February 27 issue of the French version but I haven’t seen the one they used for the cover before. Enjoy!

Kindly do not redistribute the magazine scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were scanned exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

007 Scans from 2010 > Madame Figaro (Japan) – July

Remember the filming for ‘Contagion‘ that took place on January 14 in Geneva? John was there and has more information on the scenes that were being filmed. Thank you for sharing this with us!

There were two scenes: (1) Marion walking from the bus stop into the building and (2) Marion entering the building, showing her ID and walking to the elevator bank. Both scenes were very short (15 – 20 seconds) and there was no dialogue.

Maya Lucchitta managed to take some lovely shots of Marion Cotillard on the set. Many thanks for your permission to put them in our gallery. Please visit her blog to read her full report about the filming.

005 Contagion (2011) > On Set credit: Maya Lucchitta – thank you!

Many thanks Kelly, Nadine, Ann and Elmira for sending in the following scans of magazines featuring Marion Cotillard.

Kindly do not redistribute the magazine scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were donated exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

003 TV Movie (Germany) – July 31 – August 13 , scanned by Ann
002 Elle (Ukraine) – August, scanned by Elmira
007 Psychologies (Spain) – August, scanned by Elmira
005 Elle (Indonesia) – November, scanned by Kelly
005 JB Hi-Fi (Australia) – December, scanned by Nadine
088 Various Clippings 2010, scanned by Elmira, Nadine and Alexis Fan
004 Various Clippings 2011, scanned by Elmira