If you've seen Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose, you've seen one heck of a great performance. But will we see another from the actress, or was playing Edith Piaf the role of a lifetime? While I can't imagine her ever making such a huge transformation or giving such a notable, career-defining performance again, I'm excited to see where her Oscar nomination takes her and I hope that she can at least follow it up with some interesting parts. We've already heard that her next major role will be in Rob Marshall's Nine, an adaptation of the musical inspired by Fellini's 8½. After that, she could be heading to Chicago (not Marshall's Chicago, the real city) for Michael Mann's Public Enemies. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Cotillard is in negotiations to play Billie Frechette, the torch singer girlfriend of John Dillinger, who will be played by Johnny Depp. Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff and Jason Clarke have also joined the cast.

As Monika relayed last week, Billie will be a major character in the plot of Public Enemies, which also stars Christian Bale. The movie will reportedly balance between Dillinger's crime story and his love life while also focusing on FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Bale), who famously pursued and caught Dillinger in the mid-1930s. It is interesting to note that Public Enemies will be another singing role for Cotillard, who did not actually perform any of the Piaf songs in La Vie en Rose. But while the actress is not a born singer nor a long-trained one, she did sing in in the 2001 French film Les Jolies Choses (Pretty Things) and will be singing in Nine. Also, if you think Cotillard is suddenly getting work just because of her La Vie en Rose acclaim, you're mistaken. You may have seen her in either of her two English-language movies (Ridley Scott's A Good Year and Tim Burton's Big Fish), in any of the three Taxi movies, as the female lead in the sweet Amelie wannabe Love Me If You Dare, in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie follow-up, A Very Long Engagement or in any of the many other French films in which she has appeared.

Published early this year, Manhattanite Maria Dahvana Headley's debut, The Year of Yes: A Memoir, details the year she spent saying yes to every (non-violent, unmarried, non-addict) person who asked her out. Though the book is just another in the depressingly trendy chick-lit genre, the only thing that's surprising about the news that the movie rights have been picked up is that it took this long for them to sell.

Variety reports this morning that the lucky studio is Paramount, which has assigned the film to producer partners Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen. Though it's far too early to even have a screenwriter on board, even a cynic like myself has to admit that this project is loaded with potential. First of all, the many encounters in the book lend themselves naturally to a picking choosing process, by which a writer can easily craft a narrative made up of the best/funniest/most awful of them. Secondly, the fact that Headley actually MARRIED ONE OF THE MEN gives story a magical - and true - happy ending. Third, and perhaps most importantly, Jinks and Cohen make good, sometimes unusual films. Together they produced American Beauty, Down with Love, and Big Fish, three films that are distinctive and quirky enough to lead one to the shocking conclusion that the pair might actually be more interested in originality than following box office trends.

Our good friends over at DV Guru have thrown up a real groovy two-part interview with screenwriter John August that you simply must read right now. August made his mark in Hollywood with his script Go back in 1999, a fun film that tells the story of a drug deal gone bad from three different points of view. From there, August dipped into blockbuster territory, writing for both Charlie's Angels and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Lately, he's found himself wrapped up in the bizarre world of Tim Burton, penning the scripts for Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride.

Not only is he one of today's most successful screenwriters, but he also offers a tremendous amount of advice for young writers looking to break in. Through his blog and various speaking engagements, August is a man who clearly lives for the craft. In Ajit Anthony's very informative interview, August covers everything from writing and directing to what it's like working so closely with Tim Burton. Oh, and what would a John August interview be without a ton more advice on breaking down doors in Hollywood? Go check out part one and part two now.