Sandra Bullock has received an offer for the film Never Forget at Screen Gems. The film, according to sources familiar with the project, say it is loosely based on the documentary On Moral Grounds, directed by Robby Kushner, which depicts one woman’s quest to reimburse Holocaust survivors who were swindled out of their heir’s insurance policies by a European insurance company. The studio has been very hush-hush on this project but has confirmed exclusively to EW.com that she’s been offered the role.
The film is one of several movies recently offered Bullock, but she has passed on most of them. Bullock has already said no to starring in New Line’s Our Wild Life, aka Elephant Orphanage, which centers on the life of Dame Daphne Sheldrick, an animal conservationist in Kenya who devoted her life to preventing the extinction of elephants. Julia Roberts had been rumored for the role, too. New Line is now regrouping before reaching out to a new leading lady.
Bullock has also turned down an offer to star in Disney’s The Odd Life of Timothy Green, a film from Peter Hedges (Dan in Real Life) that centers on a family whose lives are touched by an unexpected child.
It’s understandable why the 45-year-old actress may have turned down both Wild Life and Timothy Green. Both parts have inklings of her Oscar-winning role in The Blind Side in them. Wild Life requires her to portray another real-life person, just as she did playing Leigh Anne Tuohy, and Timothy Green centers around a child who changes a family’s life, a la Michael Oher.
Bullock is currently negotiating to co-star opposite Tom Hanks in the adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s 9/11 novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which Stephen Daldry is planning to direct for Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures. The post 9/11 drama centers on a young boy who finds a key that belonged to his late father who died in the World Trade Center attacks. Sources believe it will be the actress’s next project.
I’m very happy that she’s been picky with her next roles. That’s gonna be the key in putting the nay sayers of her Oscar win to rest.
Agreed. She’s obviously being very careful about what she attaches her name to. Good for her. Here’s to hoping for even more success post-Oscar win, she deserves it.
Undeserved Oscar aside, Bullock can’t play a straight drama. She doesn’t have the chops.
You obviously missed “Crash” and “A Time to Kill.”
And “28 Days”!
Her role in Crash was very minor.
Even though her role in Crash was minor she was wonderful… and Viola Davis was Oscar nominated for Doubt for a very small role.
And “Hope Floats”
I love how when people don’t like a performer they diminish supporting roles are “minor,” yet I don’t think I have ever read anyone on these boards criticize Judi Dench’s Oscar win for 8 minutes of screen time in “Shakespeare in Love,” probably b/c they are so busy complaining about Bullock’s, Halle Berry’s, Julia Roberts’, Gwyneth Paltrow’s, insert any popular and beautiful actess’ names here, etc Oscar wins.
Premonition, Practical Magic, While You Were Sleeping…
The first time I really started to pay attention to Sandra Bullock was in the overlooked film, “Infamous”. She was brilliant. The movie, however, stood in the shadow of the more popular “Capote” and I don’t think enough people saw her in “Infamous”. She’s a wonderful dramatic actress.
I think she does. She can act dramatic for sure
Glad she’s picking different kinds of roles! That’s why I think everyone loves her! 28 Days, Speed, All About Steve, etc. I love them all!
All About Steve? Really?
I hope she ends up doing ‘The Abstinence Teacher’ with Steve Carrell cuz I loved that book.
She is! If you go to imdb and type in her name the movie is listed on her profile page. It says that the movie will be in theaters January 1, 2012.
Crash was awesome… Not only did she show her dramatic skills, she showed she could work in an ENSEMBLE.
Keep drinking the kool aid. To think she can handle a role of this type is delusional. It’s going to take more than a southern accent. Her Oscar ranks right up there as one of the most undeserving for an actor.
Maybe she wasn’t into the scripts of the movies she was offered. I like that she’s doing the roles that are comfortable to her, to show her acting depth.
LOL…acting depth…that’s funny.
She is good actress, but her personal life is in deep mud.
Why? She got divorced from a toxic man and is now raising what looks like a happy, healthy little boy. She is also living in Austin, TX, which will help her to stay out of the Hollywood paparazzi craziness and live a more normal life. Why is her personal life in deep mud??
Of course she didn’t deserve it for that role but the Oscars are now just a popularity contest. For example who really thinks Gwnyeth Paltrow deserved an for Shakespeare In Love over Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth?
Same with Marisa Tomei, not a bad character, but Oscar worthy? I don’t think so.
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Why does every article about her movies always say, “Julia Roberts was also offered the role”? Time for Sandra to get first dibs!
Julie Roberts SHOULD be considered after Sandra for all roles. She can no longer carry a film (witness Eat pray GAG) and should stick with minor parts like in Valentine’s Day.
this over-rated starlet should just go away!!
You first David!!