ETA: Screendaily has just confirmed that Rob WILL star in the film and posted a statement from the producers about him. Robert Pattinson is attached to play the lead role in Claire Denis’ upcoming English-language sci-fi film, written with British writer Zadie Smith. Paris-based producers Alcatraz Film confirmed the casting to ScreenDaily and said: “We are very proud and very happy, as is Claire, about what will be a great collaboration. Robert is committed to the project and we are committed to him.” Pattinson is set to play the astronaut lead role in the as-yet-untitled film, which Screen first reported on in June. Plot details are being kept under wraps but it is known to take place beyond the solar system in a ‘future that seems like the present’. Denis is writing the script with acclaimed novelist Smith (White Teeth) and Smith’s writer husband Nick Laird. The project, which marks an intriguing change of direction for the White Material and Beau Travail write...
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