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Hopkins, McKellen for Dresser

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Anthony Hopkins and Sir Ian McKellen will team for a BBC2 telemovie adaptation of Sir Ronald Harwood’s 1980 play “The Dresser”, according to Screen Daily.

The Dresser will air as a 120-minute film and provides a portrait of theatre life backstage. It is made by Sonia Friedman Productions and Playground Entertainment, the indie run by former HBO Films boss Colin Callender.

The series will likely air in 2015.

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