Watch: Natalie Portman Raises Hell In The First Trailer For Western ‘Jane Got A Gun’
Is "Jane Got A Gun" the most embattled and embittered film in recent memory? You could say Josh Trank’s “Fantastic Four” or Cameron Crowe’s “Aloha” are contenders for the prize, but the most beleaguered movie is probably “Jane Got A Gun,” the Natalie Portman-produced and shot Western from early 2014, which has since endured numerous release date changes.
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The backstory is drama-filled, but the short version is: Michael Fassbender, the original male lead dropped out of the film reportedly because of clashes with original director Lynne Ramsay, whom Portman had handpicked to work with. Shortly thereafter, depending on whom you believe, Ramsay was either fired from or quit the production herself. “Warrior” filmmaker Gavin O'Connor was brought on to replace her and after several false starts with replacements for Fassbender (Jude Law and Bradley Cooper among them), the production finally...