Recently seeing some long-delayed action in the belated trailer for Jane Got A Gun, Natalie Portman is already onto the next thing. She's playing Jackie Kennedy in the biopic Jackie, and the first image of the actress in character and costume has just arrived online.
Jackie chronicles the four days in Kennedy’s life after the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963. She’s dealing with losing the love of her life while a nation rallies around her in a time of tragedy.
Darren Aronofsky had been developing the project to star then-partner Rachel Weisz back in 2010, but it fell into limbo when they split. Portman was mooted as the new Jackie in 2012, but it has taken a few years to come together. Aronofsky remains on board as producer, with No director Pablo Larraín now calling the shots. John Hurt, Greta Gerwig and Peter Sarsgaard are also part of the cast.
Jackie has been in production since the end of November, and is currently pencilled in for a 2017 release.