Hilary Swank to play Amelia Earhart
Mira Nair to direct biopic from Ron Bass script
Variety, February 7

Richard Gere flies with 'Amelia'
In "Amelia," Gere will star opposite Hilary Swank. Pic chronicles the rocky relationship between the famed aviator and her husband, publisher George Putnam.
Mira Nair will direct from a Ron Bass screenplay.
Shooting starts later this month in Toronto, Nova Scotia and South Africa.
Variety, April 15

Virginia Madsen added to 'Amelia'
Virginia Madsen has signed on to co-star in the Amelia Earhart biopic "Amelia" for Avalon Pictures and Fox Searchlight.
Hilary Swank and Richard Gere have already been cast in the Mira Nair-helmed project, which chronicles the rocky relationship between the famed aviator (Swank) and publisher-promoter George Putnam (Gere), whom Earhart eventually married. Madsen will play Dorothy Binney, Putnam's first wife.
Variety, April 21

Ewan McGregor flies with 'Amelia'
Story centers on the legendary aviatrix (Swank) and chronicles her rise to fame, marriage to publisher George Putnam (Gere) and passionate affair with Gene Vidal (McGregor), father of author Gore Vidal.
Variety, May 26

Christopher Eccleston joins 'Amelia'
Christopher Eccleston will share the cockpit with Hilary Swank in "Amelia," the Mira Nair-directed Amelia Earhart biopic for Avalon Pictures and Fox Searchlight. Eccleston, who jumped from the NBC series "Heroes" to playing the villain role in Paramount's "G.I. Joe," will play Earhart's navigator, Fred Noonan.
Variety, June 12