Lohan Out: Malin Akerman is Linda Lovelace

The ship has officially left the port on the Linda Lovelace biopic, and Lindsay Lohan’s name isn’t on the passenger list. Personal issues have foiled Lohan’s involvement with what a couple of us in the blogger universe thought could have been a potentially great career re-launch, the Lovelace role will instead go to the still unproven actress who was recently featured in aptly titled The Bang Bang Club in Malin Akerman, who producers were apparently smitten by in the casting process.

Gist: Based on the novel Ordeal: An Autobiography by Linda Lovelace with Mike McGrady, Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story is the story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her abusive husband before taking control of her life and finding redemption as a feminist and anti-porn crusader.

Worth Noting: Matthew Wilder’s script was a 2008 Black List favorite.

Do We Care?: Significantly less now that Akerman is on board, but as film history as taught us, occasionally strong perfs come out from nowhere – I often reference Charlize Theron shedding her pretty girl look in favor for the serial killer portrait. Akerman will need more than just a dye job to get naysayers like me on board.