News for Aug. 19, 2006

McAvoy is Universal's "Wanted" man

8/19/06, 12:29 pm EST - Xoanon

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - James McAvoy, who played Mr. Tumnus, the Faun, in last year's "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," has landed the starring role in Universal Pictures' sci-fi actioner "Wanted." The project marks the English-language debut of Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov. "Wanted" is based on a comic-book series by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones published by Top Cow. The story follows a put-upon young man who discovers that his long-lost father is an assassin. After his dad is murdered, the son is recruited into a covert organization of killers and trained to follow in his father's footsteps. [More]