From Gossip Cop:

Usually it’s role rumors about Robert Pattinson that draw big attention, but today the buzz is all about a possible future co-star.

An avalanche of outlets picked up a Production Weekly item that reported Christina Ricci will join Pattinson in the upcoming “Bel Ami.” The speculation has Ricci playing a character named Clotilde in the tale of Georges Duroy(Pattinson) and his corrupt rise to power in Paris.

A lot of people asked Gossip Cop whether the casting rumor was true.

We can confirm that it is.

A rep for Ricci tells Gossip Cop the deal was recently signed.

Source: Gossip Cop

Christina would be playing Clotide.

Christina Ricci is joining Robert Pattinson (“The Twilight Saga”), Uma Thurman and Kristin Scott Thomas in the Declan Donnellan-directed Bel Ami, an adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s short story which starts filming next month.

The movie tells the story of George Duroy (Pattinson), a young journalist who rose from poverty to become one of the most successful men in Paris via the ruthless and calculating bedding of the city’s most glamorous and influential women.

Thurman plays the wife of Duroy’s friend, a woman who is extremely involved and connected in the goings-on of Parisian society. She helps Duroy in his ascent, later becoming his wife. Thomas plays a socialite who falls for Duroy, becoming clingy in the process.

Bel Ami

Release Date: TBA
Studio: Not Available
Director: Declan Donnellan
Screenwriter: Rachel Bennette
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci
Genre: Biography, Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: Not Available
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Plot Summary: The film tells the story of George Duroy (Pattinson), a young journalist who rose from poverty to become one of the most successful men in Paris via the ruthless and calculating bedding of the city’s most glamorous and influential women.

Thurman plays the wife of Duroy’s friend, a woman who is extremely involved and connected in the goings-on of Parisian society. She helps Duroy in his ascent, later becoming his wife. Thomas plays a socialite who falls for Duroy, becoming clingy in the process.

Source: ComingSoon.Net