Ian McKellen Joins Matthew Vaughn's "Stardust" Cast ... Kinda
Genre superstar Ian McKellen (he played Gandalf in "Lord of the Rings" and Magneto in the "X-Men" trilogy) has been cast as the narrator in Matthew Vaughn's fantasy adventure "Stardust," which already stars folks like Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, and Claire Danes.
From The Hollywood Reporter: "The film, based on Neil Gaiman's novel, centers on a young man who promises his beloved that he will retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the Faerie realm, where he encounters witches, goblins, gnomes, talking animals and evil trees. Gaiman's fairy tale debuted in 1997 as a four-issue DC Comics miniseries with illustrations by Charles Vess. It was published as a single book the following year." (Click here for the full story.)
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Good choice. The guy's a brilliant actor, but he's also got a voice made for storybook-style narration.
From The Hollywood Reporter: "The film, based on Neil Gaiman's novel, centers on a young man who promises his beloved that he will retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the Faerie realm, where he encounters witches, goblins, gnomes, talking animals and evil trees. Gaiman's fairy tale debuted in 1997 as a four-issue DC Comics miniseries with illustrations by Charles Vess. It was published as a single book the following year." (Click here for the full story.)
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Good choice. The guy's a brilliant actor, but he's also got a voice made for storybook-style narration.
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 on Jan 03 2007 03:14 AM SIR Ian McKellan...show some GD respect. (Reply to this) |
 on Jan 03 2007 11:18 AM nice… really like how this is evolving. (Reply to this) |
 on Jan 03 2007 10:23 PM Hands down the coolest Gay Man in the world. (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 04 2007 09:54 AM Good choice, but I think Morgan Freeman would have been a better narrator. (Reply to this) |
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