Goodbye Mr. Chips, hello Lassie.

Peter O'Toole, whose screen credits include "Lawrence of Arabia," "The Lion in Winter" and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," will star in "Lassie," a new adaptation of the 1938 novel "Lassie Come Home" by Eric Knight.

The 72-year-old actor will play the Duke of Rudling. He will co-star with Samantha Morton and Peter Dinklage.

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Directed by Charles Sturridge, the movie was to begin shooting Monday on location in Ireland and the Isle of Man.

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