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I remember reading about this the other day and thought it will make and awesome film and already some set pictures have been released. Incase you are not up on the Dorian Gray side of things then let me refresh your memory with the help of Wikipedia!

The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is greatly impressed by Dorian's physical beauty and becomes strongly infatuated with him, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Talking in Basil's garden, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new kind of hedonism, Lord Henry suggests that the only thing worth pursuing in life is beauty, and the fulfilment of the senses. Realising that one day his beauty will fade, Dorian cries out, wishing that the portrait Basil has painted of him would age rather than himself. Dorian's wish is fulfilled, subsequently plunging him into a series of debauched acts. The portrait serves as a reminder of the effect each act has upon his soul, with each sin being displayed as a disfigurement of his form, or through a sign of aging.

The above makes me think this could be an awesome movie, Dorian Gray was already mentioned in the League of Extraordinary Gentleman where in the end he looked at his picture and the picture got young and he got old really quickly. The new film stars Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian), Colin Firth (Love Actually) and Douglas Henshall (Primeval) and is scheduled for release in the fall of 2009.

Credit goes to Bad and Ugly for the photos!