Academy Award Winner Natalie Portman Will Star As “Celeste” In VOX LUX

Bold Films announced today that they have joined forces with Andrew Lauren Productions (ALP) to finance and produce VOX LUX, written and directed by Brady Corbet (The Childhood of a Leader), and starring Academy Award Winner Natalie Portman (Black Swan) in the lead role of ‘Celeste.’ Jude Law is also attached in a leading role.

The soundtrack will feature all original songs written by Grammy-nominated artist Sia.

ALP’s Andrew Lauren and D.J. Gugenheim will be producing along with Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa, Bold Films’ Michel Litvak, Gary Michael Walters, David Litvak and Svetlana Metkina and Brian Young from Three Six Zero Entertainment. Portman and Law will executive produce along with Sia. Sierra/Affinity is representing the international rights and will be selling the project in Berlin. Endeavor Content and CAA will represent the US rights.

Vox Lux follows the rise of ‘Celeste’ from the ashes of a major national tragedy to pop superstardom. This 15-year odyssey, set between 1999 and the present day, tracks the important cultural evolutions of the 21st Century through Celeste’s eyes. Start of principal photography is slated for February 1st in New York City.

“We are thrilled to welcome such a stellar actress as Natalie Portman to the cast,” said Bold Films Chairman Michel Litvak.

“I was mesmerized by the scope and vision of Brady’s first film, Childhood of a Leader. I don’t think Brady is of this century. His work is more reminiscent of a Sergei Eisenstein or Fritz Lang. When you sit with him, his encyclopedic knowledge of film is intimidating and his passion is infectious,” said ALP principal Andrew Lauren.

“Andrew Lauren and ALP are an outstanding strategic partner, and we are excited to work with them,” said Bold Films CEO Gary Michael Walters.

Portman will next star in Alex Garland’s Annihilation, which Paramount Pictures is releasing next month, and will also be seen in Xavier Dolan’s upcoming film The Death and Life of John F. Donovan.

Bold Films most recently produced and financed Wash Westmoreland’s Colette starring Keira Knightley, which had its world premiere in Sundance and was acquired by 30WEST and Bleecker Street. ALP is currently in post-production on High Life, the English-language debut of acclaimed French filmmaker Claire Denis, which stars Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, and André Benjamin.

Portman is represented by CAA and George Sheanshang. ALP is represented by attorney David Boyle.