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CULVER CITY, Calif., Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Animation, the studio behind this year's worldwide hit THE SMURFS®, continues to advance its development slate with the hiring of veteran animation writer/director Kelly Asbury. Asbury has been set to write POOCH CAFE for Sony Pictures Animation, it was announced today by Michelle Raimo-Kouyate, president of production for Sony Pictures Animation. Kelly Asbury most recently directed and co-wrote GNOMEO AND JULIET and was...

Actors James McAvoy and Emily Blunt are in negotiations to head the voice cast of Elton John's "Gnomeo and Juliet" U.S. animated film, sources say. The animated Shakespeare adaptation from Miramax and Elton John's Rocket Pictures will also likely feature many of the British rocker's well-known songs and possibly some new tracks, the Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday. Citing unnamed sources, the Reporter said McAvoy ("Atonement") and Blunt ("The Devil Wears Prada") would play garden gnomes...