Natalie Portman really is easy on the eye, a classic beauty with a sophisticated edge.

I guess that kind of makes her perfect for the role of Jackie Kennedy, the wife of assassinated John F. Kennedy. The movie is simply titled Jackie and will follow her in the hours and days that followed the assassination, directed by Pablo Larraín and currently being filmed in Paris.

This below from Deadline:

Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, and John Hurt also star in the pic…

“Pablo is a masterful filmmaker, the cast is top notch, and we are thrilled to be working with him and our producing partners,” says [LD Entertainment CEO Mickey] Liddell.

So here is Natalie embodying the regal former first lady,

And here’s Jackie in her own red number from back in the day:

I’ll watch just about anything with Portman in so I’m sold.

[source:deadline]