We saw a few pictures of Natalie Portman  on the set of Darren Aronofsky’s BLACK SWAN a few months ago, but today we get the first official images from the film.  In the film, Portman plays a brilliant ballerina who gets cast in the lead role in the New York City production of ‘Swan Lake’.  But things get rough for her as she deals with her controlling mother (Barbara Hershey), her hyper-critical dance master (Vincent Cassel) and a talented new dancer (Mila Kunis) that displays all the qualities that she lacks.  Winona Ryder also stars as a former lead in the ballet.

The pictures don’t show us a whole lot of the story, but they give us a feel of the tone of the film.  It seems Aronofsky is going with a darker, more disturbed look at the ballerina world and chances are good this story isn’t going to end well for anyone.