Luscious actress Natalie Portman has just signed on to co-star alongside Dustin Hoffman in a new film called MR MAGORIUM'S MAGIC EMPORIUM. The story will follow the tale of a quirky toy-store owner who leaves his magic shop to (the equally quirky, and depressed) girl (Portman) who works with him. Both actors will be receiving less pay than usual for this film, which is to be the directorial debut of Zach Helm (who wrote the screenplay for STRANGER THAN FICTION). This probably indicates that the film was attractive enough to be done without heavy compensation, so hopefully it will be worth the cost of a movie ticket.

Portman has just finished shooting V is for VENDETTA (which is also expected to be a hit) and is scheduled to do work on the movie GOYA'S GHOSTS before beginning production on MAGORIUM.

MR MAGORIUM'S MAGIC EMPORIUM is to begin shooting in March of next year, and will be released by Sony in the United States.


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