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English actress Naomi Watts is in discussions to step
into 'I Love Huckabee's', taking over for Paltrow
who has dropped out of the Fox Searchlight project.
Watts will segue to the film after she wraps production
on 'The Assassination of Richard Nixon' with Sean
Penn and Don Cheadle, which begins shooting next month.
'Huckabee's', written and directed by David O. Russell,
also stars Mark Wahlberg, Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman,
Lily Tomlin, Dustin Hoffman and Catherine Deneuve.
The film marks the second project from which Paltrow
has departed recently, having dropped out of the indie
film 'Happy Endings' before being replaced by Jennifer
Garner.
Both departures stem from her need to take time off
to grieve the loss of her father, Bruce Paltrow, who
died in October while the actress was in production
on 'Ted and Sylvia'.
In 'Huckabee's', Watts' character will find herself
in a love triangle with Wahlberg and Law's characters.
Watts is shooting the indie feature 'Anymore'. She
next stars in Fox Searchlight's 'Le Divorce' and Focus
Features' '21 Grams'.
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