May 13 2009 07:33 PM ET

Nicole Kidman exits Woody Allen movie over scheduling conflict

Categories: Movies

Nicole Kidman has withdrawn from Woody Allen’s latest, untitled movie due to a scheduling conflict, EW has learned. Kidman has already committed to producing and starring in The Rabbit Hole, which shoots on the East coast this summer. Allen’s movie is also scheduled to start shooting this summer, but in the U.K. When contacted by EW, Allen’s publicist said that Kidman’s replacement has yet to be determined.

Earlier this year, it was announced that Kidman would star in the Allen project, which also features Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts, and Freida Pinto. (Additional reporting by Nicole Sperling)

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  • Moviecrazy

    She probably has her good reasons. But it is a pity.

  • tony

    Who cares? her role was small…

  • JenAnistonFan#1

    Conflicts with Rabbit Hole. This is the reason. I think she did well. Rabbit Hole seems more intresting

  • ana mattos

    Nicole Kidmann that actress we used to love is gone. Like Madeleine Stowe, Meg Ryand and a bunch of other once beautiful women, she is a victim of botox or whathever they are using now and became a strange creature, with fixed eyes, strange mouths, deformed faces. She should stay at home, taking care of her daughter and remembering the time she was a legend. It is possible to get old and beautiful (or at least look like a human being…)

  • canadaeh.

    She probably hated sharing the screen with so many biggies, likely thinks she’s bigger than that. But that’s what she should do now, ensemble roles because she can’t carry a movie on her own.

  • RJ

    Apparently, after huge successes like Bewitched, Fur, The Invasion, The Golden Compass, and Australia, Nicole is just too much of a star to work with someone like Woody Allen.

  • stiffy

    That’s a shame. Kidman and Allen would have been a great pairing of talents.
    Nicole has a new movie out ‘Nine’ that is getting Oscar buzz already.
    She’ll be fine no matter what.

  • Belle

    I have to agree with most people. Nicole Kidman was great when she first started because she was hungry for respect & something to prove besides being Mrs. Tom Cruise. She was very good in Malice and great in To Die for. I did not see Moulin Rouge but most people said she did a good job. I paid money to see her in Bewitched & Stepford Wives and she was horrible and vowed never again to pay to see her in a movie. She talked like Marilyn Monroe and I could not get over the fact her face did not move anymore. No expression whatsoever. I hope Katie Holmes is listening!!

  • EDS

    Just go away and STAY there, Botox B****!

  • Antoinette

    Another movie without Nicole Kidman in it? Thank my lucky stars!!!! Now I may actually see this film when it is released.

  • muyo

    a very understanding reason. good move nicole. you did well this time. rabbit hole is a more beautiful project

  • Aldo

    well done! scheduling conflict with RH is a sufficiently reason to say she is one of the bravest actress in the world. stop blaming her please.

  • sei

    That’s too bad. Nicole is so hot:
    http://www.actressscene.com/search/label/Nicole%20Kidman

  • Victoria Balfour

    Kidman is the Worst. Actress. Ever.
    Why do they keep giving her roles ? All her movies tank. She’s all surface and a very shallow performer.

  • Victoria Balfour

    Kidman is the Worst. Actress. Ever.
    Why do they keep giving her roles ? All her movies tank. She’s all surface and a very shallow performer.

  • SirAndrew

    “…after huge successes like Bewitched, Fur, The Invasion, The Golden Compass, and Australia, Nicole is just too much of a star to work with someone like Woody Allen” Didn’t those movies get worse-than-middling reviews and not do so hot at the box office? Or is it just me?

  • christi

    I gotta tell you, you Kidman haters really have absolutely nothing better to do with your time. I do not read or care to read about people I do not like. I do not comment on them. She had a scheduling conflict. Grow the F up please. If ya don’t have anything nice to say….I mean please, get some class….She is a great actress..She does not do big blockbuster movies so they are not going to do 200 million and The Golden Compass was a success worldwide. Australia was terrific. She was terrific in The Human Stain and in The Interprtr….If ya don’t like her, look up someone you do like and let us fans enjoy reading about Nicole. Please!

  • Fielding

    Sir Andrew, I have a feeling RJ was being a tad sarcastic.

  • ramazander

    To Christi:
    This is a comment (opinion) forum; not an “I Heart Nicole Kidman” forum. I had to picture Kate Winslet instead, just to get through Australia!

  • christi

    rama whatever the hell your name is…Why on God’s Green Earth would you go see a movie with Nicole in it if ya gotta picture someone else…seems to me you are a complete moron. I do not spend money to watch people I do not like….Idiot!

  • christi

    And again, I stand by my comment…If ya don’t like here why are you spending so much time reading about her and talking about her….seems to me some need a life…I read beause I like her and I am sick and tired of all the negativity from a bunch of bored people…constant critism…I hate Angelina Jolie so I do not watch movies she is in or read about her or comment about her in the press….The high road is to let her be and focus on those I do enjoy…makes for a much more peaceful life…Since I now have to take abuse from morons, I will not be back so please DO NOT waste your time writing to me….Peace!

  • christi

    Rama Darling, one final thing….I do understand, I had to picture Nicole Kidman to get through The Reader…But the fact is, you did see Australia….That’s all that needs to be said! Bye happy people…all my love!

  • lioness

    I thought Australia was a great movie! Also I think Nicole is very attractive and does not look to have a lot of botox in her face. The only thing I see different about her face is that she use to not have very much of a top lip and now she has a bigger one. She is not over botoxed at all. People that have seen her in person without makeup say she is gorgeous! Nicole is as good an actress as most of them out there now! What great movies has Angelina been in…NONE!

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