Lovely Bones with Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz

The Lovely Bones Movie with Peter JacksonBased on the best selling book by Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones is the story of a 14-year-old girl from suburban Pennsylvania who is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from Heaven, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.

The Lovely Bones is directly by Peter Jackson (who also wrote the screenplay) and stars Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon and Michael Imperioli of Sopranos Fame.

There was some shuffling of actors before the filming of the movie began. Mark Wahlberg replaced Ryan Gosling just days before shooting of the movie began. In preparation for the role, Gosling had gained 20 pounds and grew out a beard. However, he vacated the role due to creative differences. Wahlberg, who had just completed shooting The Happening, another movie shot in Pennsylvania, became available just in time to accept Gosling’s role. Helen Hunt was reportedly considered for the role of Abigail Salmon. Instead, Rachel Weisz accepted the role, and was the first actor cast in the movie.

The movie is scheduled for release on 13 March 2009 but this can change as production progresses.

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4 Responses to “Lovely Bones with Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz”

  1. Nanu on May 4th, 2008 8:54 am

    Fantastic book… though very emotionally challenging at times to digest. I’m very interested to see where the movie goes with this. I’m struggling to see Michael Imperioli as Det Fenerman… but Stanley Tucci will be a fabulous George Harvey.

  2. Jaden @ Screenwriting for Hollywood on May 5th, 2008 6:47 pm

    That has potential to be a great film.

  3. Ryne on May 5th, 2008 7:47 pm

    Never read the book but the premise sounds good.
    Trying to think of whether I would like to see Marky Mark or Ryan Gosling more in that role.

  4. Jan @ tMF on May 13th, 2008 7:11 am

    I’ve never read the book either, but the movie certainly does interest me and will be interesting to see how it will play out on the big screen. I must admit though, that I’m still disappointed that Ryan Gosling is no longer playing the lead in this.

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