Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell to team up again?

I wrote a post about this movie nearly a year ago, and now there is finally a little news about it:

EWAN McGREGOR and Colin Farrell are being tipped for the leading roles in a comedy film about the Edinburgh body snatchers Burke and Hare.

Ealing Studios is planning a film about the notorious serial killers, and John Landis – director of An American Werewolf in London and The Blues Brothers – is to direct it, it was reported.

The script is written by Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft, who also wrote Ealing's schoolgirl comedy St Trinian's, which was a hit last year.

Okay, that isn't much except now instead of Ewan being teamed up with Jude Law, he'll star with his Cassandra's Dream co-star Colin Farrell. Makes you wonder if this film is ever going to happen. There's something about a period comedy about serial killers that still has me intrigued though.

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Ewan McGregor: His career gets more gruesome

The story of West Port murderers, Burke and Hare is set to hit the big screen sometime in 2009. It will likely star Ewan McGregor (who can be seen this month in Cassandra's Dream) and Jude Law since Robert Carlyle and Colin Firth are reportedly no longer attached to the project.

The film, tentatively titled The Meat Trade will begin shooting in Edinburgh next year and is expected to add a much deserved boost to the Scottish film industry.

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