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Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy will soon be hitting the big screen together!

The duo will be starring as a married couple in Myriad Pictures’ double-feature film project The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her, according to Variety.

The film’s will be told from the perspective of James (Him) and Jessica‘s (Her) characters during a rocky time in their relationship.

Originally, Joel Edgerton was attached to star opposite Jessica.

Ned Benson penned both scripts, and the films are aimed to begin production in July.

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James McAvoy and his wife, Anne-Marie Duff, hit the red carpet at the 2012 Olivier Awards on Sunday (April 15) at The Royal Opera House in London, England.

The 33-year-old actor was one of the presenters at the show, where Matilda the Musical was the night’s big winner, picking up Best New Musical and six other awards.

Douglas Booth and his Romeo and Juliet co-star, Natascha McElhone, also hit the stage and posed together in the press room.

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War Horse co-stars Jeremy Irvine and Tom Hiddleston suit up for the 2012 Jameson Empire Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Sunday (March 25) in London, England.

Tom, 31, and Jeremy were joined at the ceremony by James McAvoy!

At the awards show, Tom won the Best Newcomer Award for his performance in Thor! “Um… So I won the Best Male Newcomer Award at the #JEAwards. I am genuinely humbled by it. Thank you so very much to all who voted. Wow,” Tom tweeted. Jeremy was up for the same award for his performance in War Horse.

Also pictured inside: Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides actor Sam Claflin, who also was up for Best Newcomer, with his girlfriend Laura Haddock, and Helena Bonham Carter with partner Tim Burton chatting it up with Jeremy.

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James McAvoy joins members of the cast and crew of his upcoming movie Filth at the Freedom Bar on Monday (March 12) in Hamburg, Germany.

The 32-year-old Scottish actor met up with the film’s director, Jon S. Baird, producers Jens Meurer and Ken Marshall, and costar Eddie Marsan.

The film follows Bruce Robertson (McAvoy), a bipolar bigoted junkie cop who manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.

Filth is set to release sometime this year!

Jamie Bell and James McAvoy hang out between takes while filming their movie Filth on Monday (January 23) in Glasgow, Scotland.

Jamie, 25, and James, 32, portray police partners in the film. James plays a bipolar bigoted junkie cop, and Jamie plays his sidekick younger cop. The film is set for a 2012 release date.

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“Driving home from today’s first day of work on #Filth. This was our shooting location somewhere in Glasgow” Jamie tweeted, along with a picture of an ominous office building.
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January Jones and Zoe Kravitz steam up the screen in these stills from X-Men: First Class, in theaters June 3!

James McAvoy recently dished to USA Today about how he made Professor Xavier his own character.

“You give him an ego. You give him a sex drive. You make him a little more selfish. You give him a sense of humor,” James said. “You don’t make him wise.”

Michael Fassbender said that it was important to him to form a good relationship with James for the movie.

“In this film, a lot depends on their relationship. It was very important for us to get the beat to that relationship right so when it finally does fracture, there’s a sense of tragedy,” he said.

Rose Byrne and her co-star James McAvoy attend the premiere of their new film X-Men: First Class held at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Wednesday (May 25) in New York City.

Later that evening, James, 32, sat down for an interview at the Times Talks session held at the New York Times Center.

Rose, 31, already has a hit at the box office with her film Bridesmaids still earning big bucks going into its third week.

It was also just announced that Rose‘s television series Damages will return for its fourth season on July 13!

FYI: Rose is wearing a Marc Jacobs dress from the Fall 2011 collection, Brian Atwood shoes, Cartier jewelry, and a Kotur clutch.

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