Andrew Lauren Productions will assist in financing the film.Lauren himself said, “I was mesmerized by the scope of vision of Brady’s first film The Childhood of a Leader. His work is more reminiscent of a Sergei Eisenstein or Fritz Lang. -- Mike Nichols, Time, 24 November 2004During the first moments of Closer, Alice (Natalie Portman) walks in slow motion on a sidewalk. -- Damien Rice, "Blower's Daughter"To stare directly at [sex] is to be wasting most of what's available in drama and in film: the resonances, the things you don't see but that affect people's behavior.

The mysterious film Vox Lux has just acquired the one and only Natalie Portman.

Principal photography begins on February 1 in New York City.

Rooney Mara was originally attached to film, but dropped out.

Once a Black List script so hot, Alfonso Cuarón almost considered it his “Gravity” follow-up, the fantasy drama has been set for an October 14, 2016 release date (which is probably closer in spirit to Halloween release dates than it is Oscar bait, but we’ll see).

Sounding much more awards friendly is “Theory Of Everything,” James Marsh’s (“Man on Wire”) Stephen Hawking biopic starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Emily Watson and David Thewlis. And while the Focus/Film District merger of last year had many assuming Focus would move in a much more mainstream direction (as was the intention), both these films definitely still feel like they are still in the spirit of what Focus did best; the mid-budgeted studio picture both of genre and awards-friendly descent.