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Well, after To the Wonder premiered last month to a devise set of reviews—either raving that it was a symphonic ballet of emotion and beauty or a shallow and two-dimension story that looked stunning but lacked feeling—we're all wondering just where the other features he's been working on will fall on the Terrence Malick scale of greatness. And next up, before his Austin-set music film is Knight of Cups, starring Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, and Cate Blanchett. And with the Cannes Film Festival kicking off today, foreign distributor's will get their first taste of the film when FilmNation debuts footage at the festival. But for us, The Hollywood Reporter has now released the first time from the film—and it's truly shocking.

Gravity, director Alfonso Cuarón’s new sci-fi chiller, a follow-up to the ambitious dystopian fable Children of Men, stars Sandra Bullock. Also George Clooney, and some pretty special effects, but mostly Sandra Bullock. Apparently the role—which both Angelina Jolie and Natalie Portman backed out of—involves floating in space alone for much of the film’s run time. Embrace your dread of the cosmic beyond with a heart-stopping new trailer below.

Hey Lynne Ramsay, where'd you go? The acclaimed director of Ratcatcher and last year's brutal drama We Need to Talk About Kevin has suddenly exited her latest project—dramatically. Jane Got a Gun, the story of a woman whose outlaw husband who turns to an ex-lover to help defend her husband and farm, was all ready to start rolling yesterday, with cast and crew down in Santa Fe, when Ramsay was nowhere to be found.

Darren Aronofsky once said, "I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking." And in the church of cinema, the 44-year-old director ranks high on the list of worship. As one of the most psychologically enticing and visually minded filmmakers working today, he creates haunting worlds full of desperate and passionate characters clinging to intangible ideals. As intelligent as he is artistic, Aronofsky's films come alive through his brilliant knowledge of how to tell a story through dialogue and images, but also characterized by the his ear for music and the help of composer Clint Mansell.

Prior to this year Terrence Malick was notoriously one of the most enigmatic directors in Hollywood. And although still a mystery and total bizzaro genius, it feels as though we're seeing more of him than ever. From his current film, To the Wonder, which looks to be released in the US this April, to whatever he's doing with Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara, and that other thing with Christain Bale and Natalie Portman—or is that the same thing? Too confusing. Either way, the man is going non-stop. And now, he's taking it to the dance floor! (Where else?) This clip may be brief but it is obviously integral to your day's viewings. Also, check out this wonderful piece in which we find out that, "Malick is said to be such a fan of Zoolander, the 2001 send-up of the fashion world, that colleagues say he watches it regularly and likes to quote it. Ben Stiller, the star of the film, once dressed up in character and recorded him a special birthday video message." Good.

Enigmatic director Terrence Malick is known for his signature style of filmmaking that unites sight and sound (and usually a wheat field during magic hour) to create something highly cinematic while being virtually dialogue-less (save some sweeping philosophical voiceovers). That, and the fact that his films are almost always made at least half a decade apart. At least until last year, that is, when he surprised everyone with the news that The Tree of Life was to be followed by not only To the Wonder but two other films to be rolled out in the next two years.

Natalie Portman and her baby daddy fiancé, ballet dancer Benjamin Millepied, married last night in Big Sur. The couple, who have a 13-month-old son Aleph, met on the set of Black Swan, which won Portman an Oscar.

● Rumor has it that Lorne Michaels (perhaps not in the best of faith) has offered Mitt Romney a guest spot on Saturday Night Live, and the Times' Maureen Dowd reports that he is actually considering it. As the show's Jim Downey suggests, he was funny that one time, "on Letterman, giving the Top Ten list." [NYT]

● Paparazzi were shocked to find that the sunglass-wearing platinum blonde they caught outside the Mercer Hotel on Sunday morning was 66-year-old Debbie Harry and not, in fact, the 25-year-old Lindsay Lohan they thought they were shooting. [PageSix]

● Jonah Hill and James Franco have both signed on to the Brad Pitt-produced drama, True Story. Hill will play New York Times journalist Michael Finkel, and Franco his almost too good to be true subject, murderer and identity thief Christian Longo. [Deadline]