The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Potential Cast: Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire

Michael Chabon is probably sick of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by now. The author went through 10 drafts of his 2000 novel about Sam Clay and Josef Kavalier, two immigrant cousins who meet each other in America during World War II to create a comic book called The Escapist. With a few superhero moves of its own, the film was greenlit by producer Scott Rudin at Paramount with The Hours director Stephen Daldry onboard to direct, while Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman were set to star. However, the stars weren't aligned at Paramount, who put the film in turnaround in 2007 after turnover in the studio's management.

Project Status: Chabon said recently in a Washington Post web chat that Rudin "assures me that there is no reason to despair and that it will all come back together again."

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