Lively Out, Mara In, “Side Effects” That Is

Rooney Mara has signed on to the lead role in Steven Soderbergh’s “Side Effects,” replacing the previously announced Blake Lively. As reported last week, Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures had backed out of financing the film, unhappy with Lively’s casting. Mara will play Emily Hawkins, a troubled young woman whose husband (to be played by Channing Tatum), is about to be released from prison, while Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones will both play psychiatrists charged with her care. The script comes from Scott Z. Burns (“Contagion”), while Open Road, fresh from the success of “The Grey” this past weekend, will distribute.

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