Kim Basinger has signed on to star alongside Charlize Theron in Guillermo Arriaga’s directorial debut, “The Burning Plain,” for 2929 Prods.

“Babel” scribe Arriaga also penned the screenplay for “Burning Plain,” which weaves together two storylines taking place in the past and present. Basinger will play Gina, the mother of Charlize Theron’s character as seen in childhood. Theron will play Sylvia, who tries to find common ground with her parents after a turbulent childhood. The two narratives eventually converge.

Drama begins shooting in early November in New Mexico.

Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald are producing. Theron exec produces alongside 2929’s Marc Butan, Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban. Beth Kono is co-producer.

Basinger will shoot “The Informers” opposite Billy Bob Thornton later this month. She will next be seen in the indie thriller “While She Was Out.”

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Alec Baldwin has hinted that he might end his career over the controversial abusive voicemail message he left to his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland.In a recording of the message, leaked to a celebrity website, Baldwin was heard calling his daughter a “rude, thoughtless pig.”

During an interview on American chat show The View, Baldwin, 46, said he has asked to be released from his contract for NBC program 30 Rock, because he doesn’t want the show to be negatively affected.

“If I never acted again I couldn’t care less,” he told the audience.

He also issued an emotional apology to Ireland: “Calling your child a pig or anything else is improper and inappropriate and I apologise to my daughter for that.

“There’s nothing wrong with being frustrated or angry about the situation…it’s the way you do it, and as people often do in this world, I took it out on the wrong person.”

When asked by host Barbara Walters whether he meant the message for his ex-wife Kim Basinger, he replied, “I think that goes without saying.”

Baldwin did not say whether he had spoken to his daughter since the drama began, but he insisted it was an isolated incident. “In my own case, with this message, I had never done this before in my life,” he said.

In an earlier statement, Basinger said: “It is Kim’s sincerest wish is for [Alec] to finally address his unstable and irrational behaviour so he, at some point can potentially create a relationship with his daughter.”

Baldwin’s actor brother, Billy has come the troubled star’s defence.

He has said: “What people don’t understand is that when a man goes through a divorce, there is a fear that your ex-wife is poisoning the well and pitting your own child against you. Alec’s attitude and tone reflects that concern.”

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Kim Basinger has reportedly hired round-the-clock protection to keep ex-husband Alec Baldwin from their 11-year-old daughter.

According to the New York Post, the Oscar-winning actress stepped up security around her Los Angeles home after Baldwin called daughter Ireland a “rude, thoughtless little pig” during a recorded telephone conversation. (Go here to listen!)

The actor has since apologised publicly and in private to his daughter after the conversion was leaked on the internet.

A friend of Baldwin’s tells the Post “This is a desperate plea for sympathy when the only danger to the child is inside her own home.

“What kind of parent leaks a voicemail that causes her daughter significant embarrassment and unneeded attention?” Baldwin has been barred from seeing his daughter until a 4 May  court date. His spokesman says, “Alec truly cares about the best interests of his daughter.”

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