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Star of Billy Elliot and Nicholas Nickleby Jamie Bell is to play the role of Griffin in a video game version of the Twentieth Century Fox movie Jumper.
Bell, who also plays Griffin in the movie, has had his face and body digitised for the game as well as providing the in-game voice-overs for the character.
“It’s flattering that someone has seen my character and wanted to make it into a video game,” Bell said of his participation. “Griffin is a unique character and I think if people respond to the movie they’ll love the game.”
Due for release February 22 on PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii, Jumper: Griffin's Story will extend the movie's plotline. It follows a 'jumper' determined to avenge the death of his parents at the hands of the Paladins.
The movie, which opens in cinemas across the UK tomorrow, also stars Samuel L Jackson and is based on the 1992 Steve Gould novel of the same name.
The premise for the $85 million dollar film follows a genetic abnormality that allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between 'Jumpers' and 'Paladins'.
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