[img]http://www.snitchseeker.com/images/news/dan_radcliffe_80.jpg' align='middle'> Timothy Spall wins Hollywood role - Pettigrew is Poe

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Timothy Spall has joined a new Hollywood drama starring Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep and Jude Law.



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Timothy Spall has joined a new Hollywood drama starring Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep and Jude Law.

Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events is based on the classic novels about the three Baudelaire orphans.

Spall will portray Mr Poe, the ineffectual guardian of the orphans, who are the central characters of the film.

Jim Carrey will play Count Olaf, Jude Law stars as Lemony Snicket, while Meryl Streep takes on the role of Aunt Josephine.

Filming on the movie, which is directed by Brad Silberling, begins in Los Angeles this week, for a December 2004 release, reports Variety.com.

Spall will appear in next month's release of The Last Samurai, playing the translator for Tom Cruise's character.

He will also be seen as Pettigrew in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.



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