Philip Seymour Hoffman has signed on for one of the lead roles in Australian claymation film Max & Mary, opposite Toni Collette. It's the story of pen pals, one in Australia and one in the US, whose friendship grows over a 20 year period.
The film is narrated by Barry "Dame Edna" Humphries, with cameos from Eric Bana, singer Renee Geyer and Aussie music star Ian "Molly" Meldrum, as well as roles for Julie Forsyth and John Flaus (Ron in the wonderful The Dish).
Forsyth and Flaus previously starred for writer-director Adam Elliot, and producer Melanie Coombs, on their 2003 short Oscar winner Harvie Krumpet, so we're guessing there's some loyalty casting here. In any case, Seymour Hoffman's never less than good, and claymation of such a real-life subject should be something to see, so consider this officially Interesting.