Brad Pitt dropped out of the project in October 2008, which probably made the project less enticing for Aronofsky and perhaps had something to do with his departure. Either that or a window of when this thing had to be shot was affixed and Darren thought he wouldn’t be ready then.

O. Russell, who is more and more looking like a hired gun these days (see all of his new projects, perhaps he’s trying reprove his worth), probably felt like he could step in and do the job as it wasn’t a personal project for him.

Christian Bale has since stepped in to Pitt’s role and this movie could be all kinds of awesome.

Anyone who has skepticism of O. Russell directing a gritty boxing film over Aronofsky should not forget the excellent work he did on Three Kings, easily his best and most dynamic film to date.

IMDB says it’s coming out in late July, but here it is almost June, and there basically has been not one word about it. I mean, it’s not even on the WC’s company website. They run out of bandwith money, too?