Nicole Kidman to star in 'Railway Man'

LONDON -- Nicole Kidman remains cast as Colin Firth's wife in ''The Railway Guy,'' altering Rachel Weisz inside the role.Weisz was expected to drop in the project because she's required to complete additional shooting on ''The Bourne Legacy'' and ''Oz: The Fantastic and Effective.''''The Railway Guy,'' directed by Jonathan Teplitzy, is at pre-production to start shooting in April. A U.K.-Australian co-production backed by Lionsgate Intl., it's based on Eric Lomax's autobiography about his terrible encounters just like a Japanese prisoner in World War Ii, and also the amazing reconciliation using one of his captors thirty years later.Lomax's wife Patti, who certainly are carried out by Kidman, needed an important role in aiding him to handle within the historic mental damage triggered by his war time problems, too as with getting him back together again using one of japan authorities who had required part in the torture.Jeremy Irvine (''War Horse'') plays the greater youthful Lomax inside the World war ii moments.Producer Andy Paterson co-written the variation with Frank Cottrell Boyce.''The Railway Man'' will shoot in Scotland with Firth and Kidman, before moving to Australia's Gold Coast for your World war ii section. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com