Rachel Weisz has reportedly beat out a long list of actresses to snag the lead role in the Peter Jackson directed film, "The Lovely Bones".  Rachel will play the role of a mother whose teenage daughter is abducted and feared dead, in the film adaptation of Alice Sebold's 2002 bestselling novel.

Great book, always said to myself that they could never make a movie out of it.  Should be interesting to see how Jackson will adapt it for the big screen.
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