Portman Enters Emporium
Natalie Portman is set to star in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, a fantasy film to be directed by Zach Helm for Mandate, Variety reported. Richard Gladstein and Jim Garavante are producing the film, written by Helm.
Portman will play the manager of a toy store that seems to come alive when infused by the spirit of its eccentric owner, the trade paper reported. When his health begins to fail, he wants to turn the store over to her, but her depression has turned the once vibrant store to a gray pallor.
Portman will make the film after she wraps Goya's Ghosts, in which she co-stars with Javier Bardem for director Milos Forman. The Oscar-nominated actress will next appear in Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith and is shooting the Alan Moore graphic-novel film adaptation V for Vendetta.
