Update:Kristen Stewart not yet cast in ‘Lie Down in Darkness’ No Word Yet on "Snow White" Sequel @vulture

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Earlier today, it looked like Kristen Stewart had won the coveted lead in “Lie Down in Darkness,” the adaptation of the William Styron novel. Now it appears that hasn’t happened just yet.

Vulture had reported this afternoon that Stewart was on board for the film, having snagged the part of Peyton Loftis that also piqued the interest of Jennifer Lawrence. I blogged off that news, as did many other media outlets. But a source close to the production tells Celebritology that reports of Stewart’s casting are premature, issuing the following statement: “While it’s exciting to see all the interest the project is generating, the film is still in the pre-production process and no offers to cast have been made as of yet.”

Stewart’s agent, Ken Kaplan, echoed the sentiments in that statement via e-mail tonight.

“This movie is at a very early stage,” he wrote. “It is unfinanced and while Kristen is ‘attached’ to play the role, there is no guarantee that, if the movie gets made, she will actually do the role. All of the reporting on this is extremely premature.”

 
 vulture Kristen Stewart may have become tabloid fodder in recent days, but the 22-year-old seems decidedly committed to being taken seriously as an actress: Vulture hears exclusively that Stewart has landed the lead role in an indie adaptation of William Styron’s 1951 novel, Lie Down In Darkness.

Directed by Crazy Heart helmer Scott Cooper and set in genteel fifties Virginia, Lie Down will have Stewart play Peyton Loftis.
As part of a dysfunctional and disintegrating family, Peyton is constantly compared to her crippled sister, Maudie, and her intense physical beauty makes her the object of her frigid mother’s jealous hatred and the target of her father’s incestuous, alcoholic lust. (Stewart will also appear in another fifties-era film, Walter Salles's On the Road, when it's released in the U.S. sometime this fall/winter.)

Meanwhile, less clear is what will become of Universal Pictures’ planned sequel to Stewart’s Snow White and the Huntsman. In April, before the film’s June release, Deadline reported that David Koepp, Hollywood’s go-to screenwriter for blockbusters like Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, and Spider-Man, had been retained to write a script for a Huntsman sequel. “The word is the studio hopes to fast track the project so that Huntsman helmer Rupert Sanders can make it the next project he directs,” wrote Deadline.
But the sequel’s future has naturally been complicated by Stewart’s admission of an affair (of some sort) with the married Sanders, her director on the film. Could (or would) the two ever reteam? A Universal source insists that “nothing has changed and we are still looking at sequel options that would include Rupert directing.”
Calls to David Koepp were not returned, but as one agency insider noted, it would be highly irregular for a screenwriter of Koepp’s renown to continue work on a project that didn’t have a director attached to oversee its progress to the screen, lending credence to the idea that Sanders remains the intended director. Agency sources say that Universal hasn’t yet sought any other candidates to replace Sanders.
Calls to Snow White and the Huntsman producers Joe Roth and Palak Patel as well as to Sander’s agents also went unreturned; Stewart’s agency declined to comment on her future film plans.


THR  The Twilight star's involvement is only an attachment at this point because the project is not financed and has no start date. Sources say financing will likely hinge on the casting of the male lead. Oscar-winner Colin Firth was at one point attached to the part but that is no longer the case, according to sources.

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Book Review Thanks @sparkybitchface

Lie Down in Darkness is a stream-of-consciousness narrative that surrounds the lives, events an eventual destruction of the Loftis family.

Milton and Helen are a couple who have drifted apart over the years. While having children brings some couples together, the birth of their two daughters ends up bringing this couples' impending downfall.

Maudie is disabled and needs constant attention; Peyton is a natural beauty on all fronts. Because of their daughters' opposite traits, and perhaps because of their own insecurities, each parent seems to favor one daughter over another (Helen favors Maudie; Milton- Peyton.)

The novel weaves in and out of this family's history, describing in detail past events which have led to the dissolution of the couples' marriage, and the future suicide of daughter Peyton.
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Also prevalent in the novel are themes of religion and godlessness. Living in the South in the late 1940's, families were typically religious, although manners seemed to matter more than morals. In this context, it's surprising to see a family become so depraved and hateful towards one another, while also losing their individual belief in God in the process.

I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a dramatic page-turner that is written like poetry, but is easy to relate to, and will stay with you long after its completion. Lie Down in Darkness represents a darkness far beyond death. Check More At Source :)
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