This is really coming together
They want Jude Law to play Fairbanks. Great choice! And Lily Rabe is an interesting choice for Pickford. Once she's gone through make-up and hair, she'll be a ringer for Mary Pickford. That 1910-1930s look is all about the mouth and the hair.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/jude-law-sought-to-play-douglas -fairbanks-in-mary-pickford-biopic-jonathan-demme-may-direct-20120529
And Michael Pitt is another good choice as Pickford's first husband. He's already shown he does that era well.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/toronto-michael-pitt-joins-mary-pickfo rd-pic-the-first/
I'm excited!