Magic roundabout … Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe size up Cinderella and Frankenstein respectively.

Harry Potter alumni Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe are lining up leading roles in two new versions of well-known tales: Cinderella and Frankenstein respectively.

Watson, fresh from the well-liked teen flick The Perks of Being a Wallflower, is being courted for Disney’s live-action version of the Cinderella fairy story, to be directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Watson, 22, had a somewhat tentative start to her post-Potter acting career, taking on a TV movie of Noel Streatfeild’s Ballet Shoes and a small role in My Week With Marilyn as she appeared to concentrate more on fashion-related work. But the success of Perks has seen her sign up to more substantial projects: she has a leading role in Sofia Coppola’s celeb-thief drama The Bling Ring, plays herself opposite James Franco in Evan Goldberg’s metatextual comedy This Is the End, and is attached to Guillermo del Toro’s Beauty and the Beast.

Cinderella is seen very much in the mould of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland and Oz the Great and Powerful, both highly visual reworkings of familiar tales. Cate Blanchett has already been cast to play the wicked stepmother and filming is likely to be under way later this year, whether or not Watson takes the role.

Radcliffe, meanwhile, is set to play Igor in Frankenstein, a new take on Mary Shelley’s classic gothic horror novel to be directed by Scots film-maker Paul McGuigan.

The hunchbacked servant/lab assistant – most memorably portrayed by Marty Feldman in Mel Brooks’s parody Young Frankenstein – is the centre of McGuigan’s film, even though the character does not appear in Shelley’s original. According to the Wrap, it will be “a sci-fi take on this classic story about a creature produced through a scientific experiment”, and Radcliffe’s character is “pathologically dirty and dressed in old clown’s clothing”.

Radcliffe recently proved his chops in period horror with the Susan Hill adaptation The Woman in Black, and will next be seen as Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in Sundance hit Kill Your Darlings.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Actress Emma Watson is no wallflower among this year’s MTV Movie Awards nominees.

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” star is up for three Golden Popcorns, including Best Female Performance, Best Kiss and Best Musical Moment, for her performance as Sam in the stirring, coming-of-age adaptation, written and directed by Stephen Chbosky.

“I am so excited to have been nominated for three MTV Movie Awards for ‘Perks of Being a Wallflower’!” the 22-year-old said. “I love the show and I love this movie! I’m so thrilled.”

In the Best Female Performance category, Watson will face fellow thesps Anne Hathaway (“Les Misérables”), Mila Kunis (“Ted”), Jennifer Lawrence (“Silver Linings Playbook”) and Rebel Wilson (“Pitch Perfect”), who’s also starring as the night’s host.

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In the Best Kiss category, Watson and co-star Logan Lerman will smooch-off against Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx (“Django Unchained”), Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman (“Moonrise Kingdom”), Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper (“Silver Linings Playbook”), and Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg (“Ted”).

And in the Best Musical Moment, Watson, Logan and Ezra Miller will battle Anne Hathaway (“Les Misérables”); Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash and Adam Rodriguez (“Magic Mike”); Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean and Hana Mae Lee (“Pitch Perfect”); and Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence (“Silver Linings Playbook”).

Rounding out “Perks” four nominations is Breakthrough Performance, which Miller garnered for his turn as gay teen Patrick.

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” follows loner high-school freshman Charlie (Lerman) as he learns to open up with the help of new friends Sam (Watson) and Patrick (Miller).

The MTV Movie Awards, starring Rebel Wilson as host, will air Sunday, April 14 at 9 p.m. ET.

Will Jennifer Lawrence get her silver lining in the form of a Golden Popcorn? Which beefcake will sizzle in our brand-new Best Shirtless Performance category? It’s up to you to decide the winners of the 2013 MTV Movie Awards! Vote now, and tune in Sunday, April 14 at 9 p.m. ET, as star Rebel Wilson takes the stage at the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California.

Source: MTV

Emma was spotted at LAX yesterday, February 25th!

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Out and About > 2013 > Emma departs LAX Airport – February 25, 2013

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Out and About > 2013 > Emma out in NYC – February 21, 2013

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And some photos of Emma out in NYC yesterday with her boyfriend.

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Out and About > 2013 > Emma out and about in NYC – February 16, 2013

Added photos of Emma spotted at LAX Airport last week!

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Out and About > 2013 > Emma at LAX Aiport – February 13, 2013