Owen Wilson is set to star in the new Woody Allen movie, according to the Hollywood Reporter’s Risky Business blog. The film will shoot this summer.

Not much more information is available about the project from a directorknown for playing his cards close to his chest. But THR reminds us that, not too long ago, in November, it was reported that the first lady of France, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, was also tipped to appear. Last spring, she was quoted in many news outlets, including The Guardian, as saying, “Woody Allen kindly asked me not to do a film with anyone else before him,” and that she had agreed, adding, “If anything concrete ever comes of it, it would be a great experience for me.” People immediately took this to mean Bruni was definitely going to appear in an Allen movie – though his people have reportedly not confirmed.

Owen Wilson has been doing some voice work lately. He most recently spoke for Coach Skip in Wes Anderson’s animated Fantastic Mr. Fox and voiced the big dog in the screen adaptation of the comic strip Marmaduke, hitting theatres in June. He is also reprising his voice role as Lightning McQueen in the animated Cars 2.

Wilson will appear in the flesh as well  in Little Fockers, the third movie in the Meet the Parents series, set for release at the end of 2010.

Allen’s next film, coming out later this year, is You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. It stars Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Gemma Jones, Freida Pinto and Lucy Punch.

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