As my regular readers know from my previous posts here and there, I am such a fan of James McAvoy! With The Last Station in post-production, read on to find out what the beautiful actor is up to these days...
E! Online - What's in a name? Well, James McAvoy and Emily Blunt are about find out, as they're in talks to lend their voices to the title roles of Gnomeo and Juliet, a 'tooned-up version of the Bard's tragedy from Miramax and Elton John's Rocket Pictures.
Even with its comic, computer-generated spin, Gnomeo is a garden-variety adaptation of Shakespeare...sort of.
McAvoy and Blunt will play two star-crossed gnomes, whose love for each other is complicated by the fact that they're from opposite sides of the veggie patch.
Kate Winslet was tapped two years ago to voice Juliet, but she was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.
Producers originally hoped to secure Oscar-winning lyricist Tim Rice, who teamed with Sir Elton on the score for The Lion King, to write original tunes for Gnomeo. But now, per the Hollywood Reporter, it looks like the film will mainly feature a number of John's classic tunes ("Don't Go Breaking My Heart," "Sad Songs" or "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues," perhaps?). John might still write a couple of new tracks for the flick.
The Rocket Man will also coproduce the film, which his company originally pitched to Walt Disney Feature Animation and later Pixar, both of which passed. Disney chairman Dick Cook saved the day, however, resurrecting Gnomeo for the studio's Miramax specialty division last year. It's now slated for a 2010 release.
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