James McAvoy shows off his longer hair as he arrives at the airport in Vancouver, Canada on Sunday (February 14).
The 30-year-old Wanted actor is in town preparing to film a new comedy formerly titled I’m With Cancer.
According to Variety, Summit Entertainment recently acquired the rights to the movie from Seth Rogen and James‘ company Mandate Pictures.
Also starring Anna Kendrick and Bryce Dallas Howard, James plays a man who is diagnosed with cancer and successfully battles the disease.
James McAvoy and his wife, actress Anne-Marie Duff, are expecting their first child!
The couple, who married in 2006, announced that they are expecting a little one later this year.
“We are happy to confirm that James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff are expecting their first child,” his rep tells JustJared.com. “We have no further comment or information at this time.”
James recently finished work on The Conspirator and is currently lending his voice to Gnomeo and Juliet opposite Emily Blunt.
Congratulations to the happy couple!!
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James McAvoy attends the premiere of his new movie The Last Station at the Paris Theater in New York City on Monday (January 11).
The 30-year-old actor was joined by his costars Paul Giamatti, Christopher Plummer, Kerry Condon, and director Michael Hoffman. The film is a historical drama about Russian author Leo Tolstoy and his struggle with his rise to fame.
James recently addressed rumors that he’ll be playing Bilbo Baggins in the much anticipated The Hobbit.
“I can squash the Hobbit rumor right off the get-go,” James told Collider. “It’s squashed, I promise you.”
In addition, James also cleared the air and confirmed that he will not be in the Ian Fleming biopic either.
“Again, it’s all a rumor. I’ve read the script — I read it a long time ago, though, and I never even spoke to the producers. I don’t know where it’s come from.” 10+ pictures inside…
James McAvoy picks up the award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Superhero award for his latest thriller, Wanted, during the Jameson Empire Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Sunday (March 29) in London.
The Dark Knight took home Best Film, Best Director for Christopher Nolan and Best Actor for Christian Bale. Quantum of Solace won Best Thriller, and Bond girl Gemma Arterton took home Best Newcomer. Best British Film went to Guy Ritchie and the RocknRolla crew. Helena Bonham-Carter took Best Actress for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Best Soundtrack went to Mamma Mia! and the guys from ABBA.
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James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff hold hands at The 2008 British Independent Film Awards at The Old Billingsgate, London on Sunday.
The 29-year-old actor and his actress wife served on the jury for the event and then later hung out with Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller.
McAvoy recently named Anne Hathaway as his pick to win this year’s best actress Oscar for her role in Rachel Getting Married. “Anne Hathaway has that indefinable quality of making an audience identify with the character she is playing,” he explained.
James McAvoy and wife Anne-Marie Duff hit the 56th annual Variety Club Showbiz Awards on Sunday at London’s Grovesnor House
The 29-year-old Scottish stud was honored with the Variety Club’s film award at the bash for his acclaimed performances in The Last King Of Scotland, Atonement and comic book thriller Wanted.
Sir Michael Caine, 75, picked up the prize for outstanding contribution to show business. The ceremony will be broadcast on Sky1 on Sunday, November 30.
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Scottish stud James McAvoy gives a brooding, intense look on the August 2008 cover for Details magazine, on newsstands next week. Here are some of the highlights from the Wanted star’s interview:
On wanting to be the next Sexiest Man Alive: “I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man’s action franchise like Bourne.”
On the types of movies he likes to star in: “Hugh Grant is f—ing great and he’s funny. I like romantic comedies. I’ve been in one and I f—ing loved it. I got to show off and I got to be a d—. It’s always fun to play d—. That’s why I loved Last King (of Scotland) —I got to be such a wanker.”
On being cast in Wanted alongside Angelina Jolie: “I think inside all actors, there’s a kid who secretly yearns to jump off buildings and say ‘Yippeekayay, motherf—er!’ I also thought that the fact that they were willing to cast someone like me showed a willingness to step outside the usual action-movie realm.”
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The Angelina Jolie action thriller Wanted scored the best opening ever for an R-rated film released in June and the 6th best opening of all time for any R-rated pic, according to Variety.
The film, which also starred James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman, placed No. 2 at the box office this past weekend behind the endearing toon Wall-E.
At $23.1 million, Wall-E scored the biggest opening-day gross of all nine Pixar films and raked in an estimated $62.5 million for the weekend. Wanted soared beyond expectations, pulling in a whopping $51.1 million.
FYI: If you haven’t seen Wanted yet, you get to see Angie’s derrière in all its glory for a mere split-second.
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