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Irvine saddles up to Spielberg's 'War Horse'
By Adnan Tezer Jun 18, 2010, 17:39 GMT
British actor Jeremy Irvine has been cast as the lead in DreamWorks' adaptation of the novel and stage play "War Horse" that Steven Spielberg is directing.
Irvine joins a cast that includes Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Niels Arestrup, Celine Buckens, Nicolas Bro, David Kross, Leonard Carow, Rainer Bock, Robert Emms and Patrick Kennedy.
The film follows the friendship between a farm horse sold into the British army during WWI and his young owner.
According to Variety, DreamWorks has set an Aug. 11, 2011 release date.
The script is being adapted by Lee Hall ("Billy Elliot") and Richard Curtis from Michael Morpurgo's 1982 novel and Nick Stafford's stage adaptation.
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