Empire Online reports that Mila Kunis (That '70s Show, Family Guy) has signed on for Black Swan, the next movie from director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream).

The "supernatural thriller" will star Natalie Portman as a veteran ballerina who develops a rivalry with Kunis' character, a dancer who may or may not be a product of the veteran's imagination. The movie is being produced by Phoenix Pictures and Aronfosky's own Protozoa Pictures.

John MacLaughlin wrote the original script, which was later revised by Protozoa's Mark Heyman. The movie will likely begin shooting this year, although there's no official word.

Aronofsky also planned a remake of Paul Verhoeven's 1987 sci-fi action hit RoboCop, but the future of that project is in doubt now that Black Swan is moving forward.

Variety reports that director Darren Aronofsky will direct and produce a movie based on the robbery committed at the Securitas Depot in England three years ago. The crime, which was covered extensively by the BBC, ended up representing the largest amount of currency stolen in a single heist in Britain's history.

This represents yet another intriguing addition to Aronofsky's resume, which already includes a wildly eclectic variety of movies. He started off with sensory shock-flicks Pi and Requiem for a Dream, both of which had a hyperactivity reminiscent of graphic novels. Then there was the pseudo-spiritual weepie The Fountain, which had a more restrained style and a more melodramatic core. And last year, of course, he helmed the intimate character drama The Wrestler, which earned Mickey Rourke an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe win.

Now, it appears Aronofsky is attracted to the idea of doing a heist flick, so we imagine he'll return to the more fast-paced, sensory-overload style of Pi and Requiem. No information was given regarding a production schedule or release date.

We imagine that is, in part, because Aronofsky is currently at work on a project in yet another genre. The supernatural thriller Black Swan will star Natalie Portman as a veteran ballerina who develops a rivalry with another dancer (played by Mila Kunis) who may or may not be a product of Portman's imagination.

As if that weren't enough, Aronofsky also planned a remake of RoboCop, but we seriously doubt that will happen anytime soon.

Since 2002's Mr. Deeds (and an incident with shoplifting), Winona Ryder kept herself quietly busy with indie fare like Sex and Death 101 and The Informers — until she played Spock's mother in Star Trek.

Now Ryder has signed on to star in Darren Aronofsky's supernatural thriller Black Swan, according to THR. Set in the world of New York's ballet scene, Black Swan follows a dancer (Natalie Portman) whose rival (Mila Kunis) may be a figment of the her imagination. Ryder will play an older dancer. Barbara Hershey and Vincent Cassell are also joining the cast in unspecified roles.

Black Swan, which starts production in New York at the end of the year, has a script by Aronofsky and Mark Heyman. Fox Searchlight, who distributed Aronofsky's The Wrestler, is negotiating to co-finance and distribute the movie.

Ryder can be seen next in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, which opens in limited release later this month.

Acclaimed director Jim Sheridan's (My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father) new movie opens this week. Brothers tells the story of a soldier who returns home from captivity in Afghanistan to discover that his wife turned to his brother for comfort while he was presumed dead. Tobey Maguire plays Sam Cahill, the solider who tries to reintegrate with his family while coping with the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Natalie Portman plays Sam's wife, Grace, a role that she told Parade she was eager to play.

It was such a fantastic opportunity because so many parts written for females my age are just, like, the cute, girlish love interest. To get to play a real woman who's really strong and a good mother was really a great opportunity.

To prepare for his role, Maguire met with soldiers who suffer from PTSD. To play Grace, Portman said that she spoke with military wives to help give her insight into the "strength" that it takes to be the wife of a soldier fighting overseas.

They have to be tough, too. I think that women are remarkably able to deal with bad times and just sort of take control when it needs to happen. They have a great survival mechanism. In the history of warfare, while the men were away, the women were taking care of everything at home. They show this incredible capacity to sort of rise to the occasion.

Portman is currently filming Black Swan, a supernatural thriller from director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler). After Black Swan, Portman will jump right into the role of Jane Foster in director Kenneth Branagh's production of Thor, which is expected to begin filming in January. Portman told Parade that the Thor production is wrapped in very elaborate security measures to protect against people who want to "scam" information.

It's like you don't get a script anymore that doesn't have watermarks that would identify you if you ever tried to leak anything. The Thor script is hard to read because it's on some weird colored paper and they have your name in huge letters across every page. And any time you get a phone call from Marvel, it doesn't come up as a normal number, it's like a five digit code. I've never seen that before. I've had phone calls from people in the government and they don't have that. Marvel's like some like crazy underground world.

It seems Darren Aronofsky will have to wait a little longer to resurrect the Robocop franchise, if he ever gets a chance at all. Moviehole reports that Aronfsky's reimagining has been nixed by MGM in the midst of the studio's financial woes.

The info comes from one of the writers for Robocop Archive, who explained in writing some other reasons for the project's momentary freezing.

I've spoken with Phoenix Pictures [and] asked them about the status of Robocop ... they told me that the project is on hold. The problem is that Mary Parent, Chairperson of MGM, wants a 3-D movie for the new Robocop. But, as you know, Darren Aronofsky is a real artist and he's not interested in Gimmicks like 3-D, CGI, Filming digital. He wants to do everything as real (organic) as possible just like The Fountain.

With the success of Avatar, it's unlikely that public lust for 3-D will subside anytime soon, so that's bad news for Aronofsky, if he sticks to his guns. It's too bad, because Aronfosky's plans for the movie did not sound similar to Paul Verhoeven's 1987 movie in any way, but seemed like a brand new imagining of the story in a completely different setting.

In the meantime, Aronofsky is busy shooting Black Swan, which stars Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, and Winona Ryder, and is due out sometime later this year. He will also direct and produce a movie based on the robbery committed at the Securitas Depot in England three years ago. The crime, which was covered extensively by the BBC, ended up representing the largest amount of currency stolen in a single heist in Britain's history.