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Giving much more highlight to fantasy drama flick "Inkheart", Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis, Rafi Gavron, and Sienna Guillory have all come down to take part in the project, joining the likes of Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, and Jim Broadbent in turn.

Here Mirren will play a book collector named Elinor Loredan while Serkis is billed to portray a villainous character called Capricorn. Filming is scheduled to start next month in Italy then London with Iain Softley directing based on David Lindsay-Abaire's script.

A New Line Cinema production, "Inkheart" is adaptation of the first part of Cornelia Funke's children's fantasy trilogy of the same title. It tells the story of a girl who embarks on a journey to save her kidnapped father who has an ability to bring characters from books to life.