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Josh Hartnett sings "Texas Lullaby"
POSTED ON 12/14/05 AT 8:30 A.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Josh Hartnett will join "Texas Lullaby," leading a cast that also includes Alison Lohman, John Malkovich, Ellen Barkin and Tom Waits. Malcolm Venville will be making his feature debut on the independent drama. Steve Allison penned the screenplay.

The story is very loosely based on "Hamlet" and tells of a small eastern Texas town, and young man (Hartnett) who learns that his widowed mother has married his father's brother (Malkovich). His father's ghost tells the young man that he was murdered by his uncle and seeks vengeance.