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Margot Robbie in talks to reunite with Gleeson (again)

Margot Robbie, Domhnall Gleeson
Margot Robbie, Domhnall Gleeson

Margot Robbie is in final negotiations to reunite once more with her About Time and Goodbye Christopher Robin co-star Domhnall Gleeson on a new adaptation of Peter Rabbit.

Gleeson, James Corden, Rose Byrne and Daisy Ridley have already been cast in the live-action/CGI hybrid adaptation of Beatrix Potter's beloved children's story. 

The new movie is described as a modern interpretation of Potter's works, focusing on the rivalry between mischievous young Peter Rabbit (Corden) and Mr McGregor (Gleeson), a disgruntled man trying desperately to keep his garden rabbit-free.

It is not yet known which character Robbie will take on, but The Hollywood Reporter says she will voice a bunny, with Gleeson and Byrne playing the live-action roles. 

Will Gluck will direct the project from a script from Rob Lieber, with filming scheduled to kick off in January 2017.

Robbie and Gleeson are currently filming Simon Curtis' upcoming historical biopic Goodbye Christopher Robin, which is about the life of Winnie the Pooh creator A.A. Milne and in which the Irish actor plays the famed writer and Robbie his wife, Daphne.

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