Movie News: Rachel McAdams joins ‘Sherlock Holmes’ – Oprah Winfrey adds her voice to ‘Princess and the Frog’
Posted on September 25th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Rachel McAdams has been signed on to star alongside Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie’s film adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. Ritchie’s film will incorporate some elements of the Sherlock Holmes comics series, which painted the detective as more of a musclebound action hero who just happened to be far more brilliant than his peers. The Notebook actress has been cast as Holmes’ enigmatic love interest, Irene Adler, a character who appeared in Doyle’s 1891 “A Scandal in Bohemia.” While the character only appeared in that one story, McAdams’ personage would return for any possible sequel, according to Access Hollywood. Jude Law is allegedly in talks to play the detective’s sidekick, Dr. Watson, and production on the movie is slated to begin in London in October (08).
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Oprah Winfrey has been signed on in a role for upcoming Disney animated film “The Princess and the Frog.” The talk show queen will lend her voice to the character of Eudora, the mother of the main character Princess Tiana.
The media queen has previous experience in animated movies – she voiced the character of Judge Bumbleton in 2007’s Bee Movie.
Randy Newman has written six new songs for “The Princess and the Frog,” it was also announced. The Princess and the Frog” will introduce the newest Disney princess, Tiana, a young African-American girl living amid the charming elegance and grandeur of the fabled French Quarter. From the heart of Louisiana’s mystical bayous and the banks of the mighty Mississippi comes an unforgettable tale of love, enchantment and discovery with a soulful singing crocodile, voodoo spells and Cajun charm at every turn. The film is set for a 2009 release.
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