UPDATE: Gossip Cop has confirmed that Nicole Kidman will NOT appear in Bel Ami.

While she did consider the project, the film’s timing didn’t work out. Kidman’s rep told Gossip Cop that “Bel Ami” is “categorically not happening for her.”

Rob Pattinson will be filming a film called Bel Ami early next year, a film based on the novel by Guy de Moipassant.  Today it was announced that Nicole Kidman was cast in a role opposite Rob for the film.

In an intriguing star pairing, Twilight sensation Robert Pattinson is teaming with Nicole Kidman to star in Bel Ami, the film of Guy De Maupassant’s erotically charged story of ambition, power and seduction.

Multi-award winning UK theatre directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod are directing from a screenplay by Rachel Bennette.

In a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession, the film has, say the producers, a contemporary relevance which should resonate with audiences worldwide.

Interesting pairing! I am curious to see who all the other ladies will be.

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