George Clooney and Cate Blanchett are in talks to voice the lead characters in Wes Anderson's “The Fantastic Mr. Fox”, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Produced by Scott Rudin Productions, "Mr. Fox" is an adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's story, centering on a clever fox who must outwit three mean, dimwitted farmers who try their hardest to hurt Mr. Fox and his family. Clooney would voice Mr. Fox, while Blanchett would voice his wife.

Allison Abbate and Jeremy Dawson are producing.

The film is a reuniting of the actors, who recently worked together on Steven Soderbergh's “The Good German” for Warner Bros. Pictures.

Anderson is to turn to "Mr. Fox" as his next project after he completes his current film, "The Darjeeling Ltd., which he is editing in New York for Fox Searchlight. The production will be set up in London, in a fashion similar to that of “Tim Burton's Corpse Bride”, which also used stop-motion animation.



Publication date: 23 February 2007   

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