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David Tennant to star in 'Burke And Hare'
Published Monday, Oct 12 2009, 16:58 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Rex Features
The Doctor Who actor will play killer William Hare, who along with William Burke (Pegg) operated in Edinburgh in the early 19th century and sold the corpses of 17 people to the city's medical college for research purposes.
John Landis (An American Werewolf In London) is directing the feature from a script by Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft.
Tennant can next be seen on the big screen in Stephen Poliakoff's war drama Glorious 39, opening on November 20.
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