Colin Firth Involved With 'Nanny McPhee'

[Wednesday, February 4th, 2004]
Colin Firth (Bridget Jones's Diary) is in talks to star opposite Emma Thompson in the family comedy Nanny McPhee for director Kirk Jones, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Thompson also wrote the screenplay, adapted from the "Nurse Matilda" book series by Christianna Brand. The stories follow a magical nanny and the seven worst children in the world. Firth would play the father of the children.

Shooting starts on Nanny NcPhee in April around London.

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