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Amanda Peet lands 'Gulliver's' role

Published Tuesday, Apr 28 2009, 13:28 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Amanda Peet lands 'Gulliver's' role

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Amanda Peet has been cast as Jack Black's love interest in the Gulliver's Travels remake.

Peet will play the editor who dispatches Black's travel writer Lemuel Gulliver on an assignment that leads him to discover the secret island of Lilliput, reports the The Hollywood Reporter.

Rob Letterman (Monsters Vs. Aliens) is directing the movie, based on Jonathan Swift's satirical novel, from a script by Nicholas Stoller and Joe Stillman.

Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Catherine Tate and Chris O'Dowd are also among the cast for the movie, which is currently filming in the UK.

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