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4 light fire under Fox's "Ember"

Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:08pm EDT

By Gregg Goldstein

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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Tim Robbins, Martin Landau, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Harry Treadaway will star opposite Bill Murray and Toby Jones in the fantasy feature "City of Ember."

Robbins will play an inventor holding a secret to the magical, glittering city whose power generator is failing. Landau will play the boss of Robbins' character's teen son (Treadaway), a teen who works at the city's mysterious Pipeworks while seeking to save the city. Jean-Baptiste will play a tough greenhouse worker.

Gil Kenan is directing the film for Walden Media/Playtone and producers Gary Goetzman and Tom Hanks. It's set for an October 2008 theatrical release through 20th Century Fox.

Robbins, an Oscar winner for "Mystic River," will appear in Lionsgate Films' upcoming "The Return." Landau, an Oscar winner for "Ed Wood," has appeared in "Crimes and Misdemeanors" and in guest appearances on HBO's "Entourage" and the upcoming indie feature "Harrison Montgomery." Jean-Baptiste, an Oscar nominee for "Secrets and Lies," stars on CBS' "Without a Trace." Treadaway starred with his twin brother, Luke Treadaway, in last year's "Brothers of the Head" and now appears on Showtime's "Meadowlands."

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