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Cillian Murphy Develops "Telepathy"

According to Production Weekly, Cillian Murphy has signed on to star in the sci-fi feature film "Telepathy," to be directed by Lesley Manning from a script by Stephen Volk.

The film tells the story of Josef and Viktor Zalenski, estranged identical twin brothers who are chosen by the Russian government as the subjects of a top-secret experiment to test the powers of telepathy as a viable form of communication between earth and outer space.

Sci-fi/horror fans best know Cillian Murphy from his outstanding performance in Danny Boyle's "28 Days Later." Most recently he's stared in "Batman Begins" and "Red Eye."

Natalie Press (the BBC's "Bleak House" which also starred sci-fi fan favorite Gillian Anderson), Miranda Richardson ("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire") and Sam Neill ("Jurassic Park") are also slated to star in "Telepathy."

Previously, Jonny Lee Miller ("Aeon Flux") and Murphy’s "Batman Begins" co-star Tom Wilkinson were associated with the project, but Fangoria reported that they have now passed on the film.

No word on a release date, but shooting begins in October. -- Shannon Nolley

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Posted by Shannon on May 22, 2006 1:45 PM
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