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Josh Hartnett, John Malkovich, Ellen Barkin, Alison Lohman and Tom Waits will all sing the "Texas Lullaby" in harmony. The fivesome are about to team up, starring in the upcoming drama genre inspired by Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

Directing a script by Steve Allison is Malcolm Venville. Set in East Texas in the late 1980s, the story of the film began when after the sudden death of Cletus (Willis), his father and his mother's (Barkin) abrupt and unexpected marriage to his uncle Sheriff Tanner Telmah (Malkovich), young Adair Telmah is confused and depressed. And when his father's ghost appears to him, claiming that he's been murdered by Tanner, Adair is baffled to the point of madness by the goal of vengeance set for him by his dead daddy.