This article seems to contradict the Pattinson and Fincher rumors:

Famed sparkling vampire portrayer and ruffled hair enthusiast Robert Pattinson will not be playing grunge god Kurt Cobain, debunking earlier reports by the always unreliable British tabloid The Sun. The Sun also reported Scarlett Johansson had been tapped to portray Courtney Love, so color us surprised no one called The Sun'™s bluff even earlier.

Pattinson is next scheduled to appear as Edward Cullen in the next Twilight abomination, followed by a leading role in 'Bel Ami� , in which he'll play George Duroy, a sexy social climber in turn-of-the-century, 1890s Paris, who seduces his way to wealth and fame from a poor beginning. Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Cristina Ricci co-star. He will also star as Jacob Jankowski in the high-profile adaptation 'Water For Elephants,�  based on the novel by Sara Gruen, starring Reese Witherspoon and the inimitable Christoph Waltz and directed by Francis Lawrence.

The last official word on the gestating Cobain biopic is that Oren Moverman is/was in talks to helm the picture. Moverman is the director of last year's 'The Messenger� , which we thought was a 'captivating, fierce and a must-see film that while perhaps not entirely flawless (what is, really) will take your breath away more than once in a few crucial and agonizing scenes.�  While you're waiting for your heart shaped box, give that film a rental if you haven't seen it. -Mark Zhuravsky

http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/04 … obert.html

Here's another one on Fincher:

At the end of last month we reported that David Fincher had officially chosen "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" as his next project, despite speculation that he was circling the chess drama "Pawn Sacrifice" (it turns out he took a meeting as a consultant on that project).

However, our sources have told us today that not only is Fincher going to direct "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," he also has an option to direct the second book in the series, "The Girl Who Played With Fire." Apparently, Fincher is very keen on the second book as well and would love to tackle it; with our sources telling us he might even shoot the second book as the direct follow-up to "Dragon Tattoo." In fact, Fincher has been guaranteed a payout if he doesn't direct the second film, which suggests "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" would have to be awful enough that Sony asks him to leave the project which seems to be an unlikely scenario.

That said, he is likely waiting on the script from Steve Zaillian (who is actually only adapting one book; he is also an executive producer on "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo") before he even can fathom jumping into book two. And fyi, a separate source tells us Zaillian hasn't seen the current Swedish film adaptations and doesn't plan to, preferring to work directly from the books themselves, rather than be influenced by a movie many '” including us '” didn't love.

The books are massive, weighty affairs and we could definitely see why Fincher, who is known for his meticulous approach, might prefer to dive in all at once rather than break up his work on the films. In the first book, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" disgraced journalist/private investigator Mikael Blomkvist meets and teams up with trouble teen computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to solve the mysterious death of the niece of a Swedish industrialist. In the second book, "The Girl Who Played With Fire," Salander and Blomkvist tackle sex traffickers in Sweden. But these are really simplified loglines. The Swedish version of the first, uncut, runs three hours long while the second film runs two. We would wager that since this is clearly franchise material, it would probably be more financially sound to get both films in the can at once rather than having two separate productions. But just what happens, of course, remains to be seen.

While Carey Mulligan was previously rumored for the lead role of Lisbeth Salander, Fincher is instead considering going with a complete unknown for that role. The film is tentatively slated to begin production in the fall, most likely when press obligations for "The Social Network" wrap up. That will make two Sony pictures in a row for Fincher and it appears the studio will be the place he hangs his hat for the foreseeable future (the Paramount relationship now seems tarnished as they gave him grief for his three hour 'Benjamin's Button' cut, punished him by not greenlighting "Heavy Metal" '” which he took to Sony '” and also let the rights lapse to "Torso").

Fincher apparently also has a tentative male lead in mind for "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" and it's guy you may know named Brad Pitt. However, it's early days and who knows if the star would be interested and or would have time in his schedule.

There's also been rumors going round that Fincher's old sci-fi project, "Rendezvous with Rama" '” based on Arthur C. Clarke's novel; the author known for "2001: A Space Odyssey" '” which died in 2008 is back in active development and we've asked around and heard nothing so far. Perhaps another director is reviving it? Who knows...

http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/04 … t-girl.htm

FWIW, I think Pitt is a bad choice to play Bloomqkvist.

Jeez.  The guy is also being considered for the new Spider Man reboot too.

saw a couple of real good ones in the past few days:

White Night(2009)  Korean film.  Thriller/drama reminded me of "Audition"  not as psychologically intense though.

Tell No One (2006)  French.  Very intelligent and smartly crafted French thriller.  Shades of Hitchcock.  The director has  a cameo in the film.

I love both these films but voted for Unforgiven because it is an anti-western in some terms.  I have no issue if Seven wins this matchup.