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James McAvoy (born April 21, 1979) is a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in The Near Room (1995) and appeared mostly on television until 2003, when his feature film career began. His notable television work includes the thriller State of Play, science fiction miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune and the channel 4s BAFTA award-winning series Shameless (British TV series) He has performed in several West End productions and has received four nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, and has also done voice work for animated films including Gnomeo & Juliet, its sequel Sherlock Gnomes, and Arthur Christmas. In 2003, McAvoy appeared in a lead role in Bollywood Queen, then in another lead role as Rory in Inside I'm Dancing in 2004. This was followed by a supporting role, as the faun Mr. Tumnus, in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). His performance in Kevin Macdonald's drama The Last King of Scotland (2006) garnered him several award nominations, including the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. The critically acclaimed romantic drama war film Atonement (2007) earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination and his second BAFTA nomination. He later appeared as a newly trained assassin in the action thriller Wanted (2008). In 2011, McAvoy portrayed Professor Charles Xavier in the superhero film X-Men: First Class, a role he reprised in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Dark Phoenix (2019). McAvoy starred in the crime comedy-drama film Filth (2013), for which he won Best Actor in the British Independent Film Awards. In 2016, he portrayed Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man with 23 alternate personalities, in M. Night Shyamalan's Split, for which he received critical acclaim, and later reprised the role for the sequel Glass (2019). Since 2019, he has portrayed Lord Asriel Belacqua in the BBC/HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials.
In Willowbrook stands the Penelope, an old movie theater. A young boy Tommy prefers spending his time in the theater rather than at school. It makes his mom Sarah mad. His grandfather, Henry, owns the theater and shares his passion for movies. Years pass, and the theater's financial woes grow. Henry can no longer afford to keep it running. It devastates Tommy. Even Sarah worries, while his younger sis, Emily, helps with the running, shares a love for movies. Henry prepares to close and reveals secret to Tommy: one room is magical and can bring actors to life. The Theatre was built by Tommy's great-grandfather, who was pioneer in the early days of cinema. Tommy write a new movie, epic script, hope it will draw crowds and save the theater. casts favorite iconic actors such as John Wayne, Stewart, Spencer, Hill or Bogart. Rebecca, a childhood friend of Tommy has returned to town, rekindles their friendship and becomes his romantic partner. The plan is to say this film is old lost unreleased movie made by the great-grandpa. Tommy's best friend, Ben helps with special effects. Linda, the theater's long-time projectionist assists them. Sam, a local carpenter and handyman, volunteers to build scenes. Maggie, an elderly film historian and friend of Henry helps too. This not only saves it from closure but reignites the town's love for cinema. Tommy decides to continue running the Theater of Dreams. Dedicated to all dreamers, past and present, who believe in the magic of stories
