Ben Barnes to shine as Dorian Gray

May 18, 2008 Ben Barnes, currently on screens as Prince Caspian, will lay down his sword after being cast to play Oscar Wilde's iconic character Dorian Gray in an adaptation of the author's novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Producer Barnaby Thompson and director Oliver Parker, who previously teamed to make "An Ideal Husband" and "The Importance of Being Earnest" and most recently co-directed "St. Trinian's" will make "Dorian Gray" at the end of July this year. Also on Ealing's production slate is "Where Hands Touch," a $15 million budgeted World War II drama written and to be directed by Amma Asante.

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