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Woody Allen's next film, set in London, is to star Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell it was announced today. Woody Allen's last two films, Match Point, starring Sarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Scoop.
Allen shot his last two films in the UK, Match Point, starring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Scoop. Match Point was given a hare time by critics who were not impressed by the story about a fading tennis pro.
Allen's original intention was to shoot his next film in Paris, but high production costs in France meant the 70-year old director changed his mind. Instead the £10.9m movie will shoot in London next month.McGregor and Farrell will play brothers who hit financial problems, turn to crime and become enemies.
Scoop, which has not yet been released, also stars Johannson as an American journalism student in London who finds a big story and begins an affair with an aristocrat played by Hugh Jackman.
Oscar-winner Allen's most recent pictures have not won the acclaim that his hits like Annie Hall, Manhattan and Hannah And Her Sisters once did.
McGregor found fame in the cult hit Trainspotting, and has since won plaudits for Moulin Rouge, Star Wars and the stage production of Guys and Dolls. Farrell has been cast in the big-screen remake of Miami Vice, which is due to hit cinemas later this year, but received poor reviews for his starring role in the Oliver Stone epic, Alexander.
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