Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore to get weird together in Todd Haynes' May December
Moore will play a tabloid figure being observed by Portman, an actress preparing to play her in a role
Great news today for anyone who’s ever wanted to see Oscar winners Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore have an intense, psychosexually charged series of identity-blurring encounters that are also, somewhat inexplicably, co-produced by Will Ferrell, as word comes from the Virtual Cannes Market about Todd Haynes’ upcoming drama May December. The latest film from the Carol director centers itself on Moore’s Gracie Atherton-Yu, whose tabloid-bedazzled life with much younger husband Joe, already strained after their twin sons prepare to leave for college, comes under additional scrutiny after Portman’s Elizabeth—an actress set to play Gracie in an upcoming film—inserts herself into their world. To quote the press release, “as Elizabeth and Gracie study each other, the similarities and differences between the two women begin to ebb and flow,” so it definitely sounds like we’re in some Black Swan/Persona territory here.