Following a limited theatrical release December 3, director Darren Aronofsy's psychological thriller "Black Swan" starring Natalie Portman as a fragile dance ingenue, will now be rolled out in a wide release December 22.
The Fox Searchlight drama, focuses on a group of ballet dancers in a New York City production of "Swan Lake". 
Director Aronofsky ("The Fountain") conceived the premise by connecting his viewings of Swan Lake with an unrealized screenplay about understudies, regarding the new film as a 'companion piece' to his previous film "The Wrestler".
Both Portman and Kunis trained in ballet for months, with notable figures from the ballet world helping to shape the ballet presentation.
Both Portman and Kunis trained in ballet for months, with notable figures from the ballet world helping to shape the ballet presentation.
"...A New York City ballet company is producing 'Swan Lake' and director 'Thomas Leroy' (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina 'Beth MacIntyre' (Ryder) with ballerina 'Nina' (Portman).
"Nina lives with 'Erica' (Hershey), her overbearing mother and a former ballerina and finds competition in new dancer 'Lily' (Kunis).
"Swan Lake requires a ballerina who can play the innocent White Swan, which fits Nina, and the sensual Black Swan, which fits Lily. 
"The dancers' rivalry changes into a bizarre friendship, and Nina begins exploring a dark side of herself..."
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