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Blunt Is Elton's Juliet

21 August 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

The Devil Wears Prada star Emily Blunt is set to replace fellow Brit Kate Winslet in Sir Elton John's movie Gnomeo And Juliet.

The musician is behind the animated adaptation of Williams Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet and is reportedly keen to sign Blunt and Scottish actor James McAvoy to the lead roles.

Kate Winslet was attached to the project as the voice of Juliet but dropped out in 2006 because of scheduling conflicts. »

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McAvoy, Blunt in Talks for 'Gnomeo and Juliet'

20 August 2008 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- Shakespearean works have seen their fair share of adaptations on the big screen -- think 10 Things I Hate About You, O, or any other movie starring Julia Stiles. Now comes perhaps the most bizarre adaptation of all: James McAvoy and Emily Blunt are in talks to lend their voices to Gnomeo and Juliet. Yes, that's right -- gnomes.The CGI picture will portray Romeo and Juliet as star-crossed gnomes from rival gardens. Perhaps instead of Juliet poisoning herself, she'll drink a can of pesticide.Big names like Kate Winslet and Ewan McGregor were once attached to the project, which was picked up by Walt Disney Feature Animation and then dropped by incoming Pixar executives. Disney later revived the project in 2006, which is now slated to be completed by 2010. Rumor has it that other stars are in talks to voice supporting roles, although nothing has been confirmed.The feature by »

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Emily Blunt to Replace Kate Winslet in 'Gnomeo and Juliet'

20 August 2008 1:40 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Emily Blunt, the depicter of the rude and haughty senior assistant of Runway's editor in "The Devil Wears Prada" is about to trade off her stylish clothes to be a garden gnome in "Gnomeo and Juliet". Negotiating to voice the titular character, the Golden Globe Award recipient will be taking over the part of Juliet which has been left by Kate Winslet due to scheduling conflicts.

In the animation movie loosely adapted from William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", Blunt is most likely to pair up with "Wanted (2008)" star James McAvoy who is in talks to play the other titular role, Gnomeo. If both she and McAvoy struck the casting deal, this would be the pair's first project together.

Resolving the story of two deeply-in-love garden gnomes living in separate rival gardens, "Gnomeo and Juliet" will be directed by Kelly Asbury from the screenplay by Rob Sprackling, John R. Smith, »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Emily Blunt a Gnome?

20 August 2008 12:37 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

James McAvoy and Emily Blunt have signed on to voice the lead characters in the upcoming animated film Gnomeo And Juliet. As you might expect the film is a retelling of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" set in the world of garden gnomes. Elton John is taking an active role in producing the film and at one point was going to write new songs with his Lion King collaborator Tim Rice. That doesn't look to be happening any longer but John will be providing a number of his biggest hits... »

- Mike Sampson

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James McAvoy and Emily Blunt Lend Voices to 'Gnomeo and Juliet'

19 August 2008 11:53 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Remember how Kenneth Branagh helped lead a Shakespearean revival in the 1990s? We had his Henry V, Hamlet, and Much Ado About Nothing, plus a stylish Romeo + Juliet, a more stark Hamlet starring Mel Gibson, Othello (which co-starred Branagh as Iago), Twelfth Night, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and that's just the literal adaptations.

There was also the Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love and modernized versions of Bard classics with the Julia Stiles tandem of 10 Things I Hate About You and O.

But in the 21st Century, we haven't seen nearly as much light breaking through yonder window. There will be a King Lear next year, and that's exciting and depressing for alternate reasons, and we're now just a couple of years away from an animated Shakespeare.

The Hollywood Reporter says that James McAvoy and Emily Blunt - who I'd pay to see play the star-cross'd lovers in a live action »

- Colin Boyd

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