director brings the musical Nine to the screen at : on August 11th, 27. Rob Marshall, the great Hollywood director who directed Chicago and Memoirs of a Geisha, was ordered by Weinstein Pictures to bring the Broadway musical Nine inspired by Ferini's business card Eight and a Half to the big screen. At present, Weinstein Pictures and Marshall are actively recruiting for the film. Spanish actress Penélope Cruz Sánchez?, French actress marion Cotillard and Spanish actor Javier Bataan are already in talks with the producers about joining. In addition, director Marshall is still trying to persuade legendary Italian actress sophia loren and Catherine Zeta-Jones, who had a successful cooperation in Chicago earlier, to join the film. Hero: Continue to use the Latin actor's Broadway classic "Nine" inspired by the Italian famous director Ferini's classic film "Eight and a Half". In this big screen version, Javier Bataan was invited to play the leading actor Guido Contiti. He is a film director who lives among many women, such as his wife, lover, co-star, agent, and even his own mother. The efforts to balance these relationships finally brought him into the double crisis of creation and life. The role was originally performed by Puerto Rican actor Raul Julia on Broadway. Later, Spanish actor antonio banderas also performed this role successfully on the stage. Many supporting actresses: Roland was invited to play the "ghost" mother. It is reported that Marshall hopes to determine all the performance lines of the film as soon as possible, because there are many characters in the film, and he will assign them the most suitable roles according to the strengths of each actor. Marshall will be the producer of this film together with his partner John Tiruca in Lucamar production company, and will be responsible for the artistic direction of the song and dance part of the film. Michael Tolkin is adapting the script for the film, and Molly Yeston is in charge of the music and lyrics. He is also the original songwriter of the musical. Although it has not been decided whether Penélope Cruz Sánchez? will play Carla, Quito's lover, French actress marion Cotillard, who played Ediet Piaf, the "Queen of Birds" in la vie en rose, will definitely appear in the film as Quito's wife Louisa. As for Zeta-Jones, the role she was invited to play was Quito's "Muse"; Sophia Loren was invited to play Quito's mother and appeared in the film as a "ghost". (Editor: Qu Fan) Source: Oriental Morning Post