Natalie Portman is to star opposite Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal in ‘Brothers‘, the new film from Irish director Jim Sheridan. Variety reports that the drama is a remake of the multi award-winning Danish film ‘Brødre‘, which was directed by Susanne Bier.
It’s a story of a man (Maguire) who is sent to fight in Afghanistan while his misfit brother (Gyllenhaal) cares for his wife (Portman) and child.

Natalie Portman at Stanford University on October 2nd, 2007 campaigning against Global Poverty: