James McAvoy to play Gnomeo to Emily Blunt's Juliet
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Los Angeles - Legendary singer-songwriter Elton John is to showcase his major hits in a new animated film called Gnomeo and Juliet, the Hollywood Reporter reported Wednesday. The movie is an adaptation of the Shakespearean classic, and substitutes lovers from rival clans of garden gnomes for the dueling Montagues and Capulets. Scottish actor James McAvoy and Emily Blunt are lined up to play the heartbroken garden ornaments. The movie will be produced by Miramax and Elton John's Rocket Pictures, and features several John classics and possibly a few new tracks. Many of John's tracks have featured in individual movies, but his only major film work to date has been the soundtrack for the animated hit The Lion King for which he wrote songs like Hakuna Matata, Circle of Love and Can You Feel The Love Tonight.
Copyright DPA
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Elton's movies
By:
Denise ,
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:32:33 GMT
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In addition to The Lion King, Elton wrote the songs for The Road to El Dorado--A WONDERFUL MOVIE that never got the recognition it deserved.
And the song is called Circle of LIFE :-)
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