Darren Aronofsky, director of the 2000 hit Requiem for a Dream, is back with his next project, Black Swan.

Black Swan is a supernatural thriller that follows dancers within the New York City Ballet. In particular, the film centers on Nina, a veteran of the stage who must fight to keep her place in the spotlight for a production of Swan Lake. Nina’s biggest rival is a dancer named Lilly, but here’s the kicker: Nina isn’t sure if Lilly is real, a delusion, or a supernatural apparition.

Casting details have been released, and Aronofsky has himself a cast that’s sure to deliver. Natalie Portman will be starring as Nina, with Mila Kunis playing the part of Lilly. Joining them on stage will be Winona Ryder, Vincent Cassel, and Barbara Hershey.

Ryder will be playing the role of Beth, a dancer coming to the end of her career, whose place in the company Nina and Lilly are competing for. Cassel will be the director of Swan Lake, and Hershey will take on the role of Nina’s mother.

The script for Black Swan was originally written by John McLaughlin, but the final product was rewritten by Mark Heyman, who co-produced Aronofsky’s The Wrestler.

Black Swan is set to start filming in a couple of weeks, with Fox Searchlight likely taking on distribution rights.

Greed is Good. Sex is Easy. Youth is Forever.

What can be said about 1983, well I was 5 years old and don’t recall too much. But I must say that as soon as I was old enough a certain genre of films were encapsulating my life. The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and the like made that era what it is today.

With the new film The Informers, it all came rushing back. Albeit, The Informers is more of an adult movie, but the soundtrack, the look, the collars, the cars, the big hair, it all grabs you and throws you back to those days of being a teenager.

The Informers is a drama that is set over the course of a week in 1983, in the chillingly nihilistic world of author Bret Easton Ellis’ youth in Los Angeles. Seven storylines intersect, involving movie execs, rock stars, a vampire and other morally challenged characters.

Check out the NSFW trailer below!

What do you think? Does it bring back any memories? The cast is star studded with Billy Bob Thornton, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Chris Issak, Kim Basinger and the list goes on and on.

Tell us what you think below.

The Informers comes to theaters on May 1st 2009.