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Hoffman, Thompson to team up in film on love later in life
(AFP)
Updated: 2007-06-07 09:57

Oscar-winners Dustin Hoffman, seen here in May 2007, and Emma Thompson will join forces in a film about later-in-life love, to be set in London.[AFP]

Oscar-winners Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson will join forces in a film about later-in-life love, to be set in London, local media reported Wednesday.

According to Variety, "Last Chance Harvey," directed by Joel Hopkins, will start filming in September starring Hoffman, 69, and Thompson, 48.

Thompson has been nominated for five Oscars and took home two, including one for her screenplay of "Sense and Sensibility" in 1995.

Her character makes a big impression on Hoffman's when she attends her on-screen daughter's wedding.

Writers had Hoffman, with seven Oscar nominations and two Academy Awards at home, in mind for the role when the script was being written, Hopkins told Variety.