11 February 2013 1:33 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
We are now just a couple weeks away from seeing Seth MacFarlane host the Academy Awards, but while he's prepping for the show he's also quickly setting up his new movie as well. We learned just recently that Charlize Theron has signed on to the comedy western A Million Ways To Die In The West with MacFarlane playing the live-action lead, and now the writer/director has found another blonde to join him on screen. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Amanda Seyfried is now in talks to join MacFarlane's sophomore effort. Should she sign on, she would play the role of MacFarlane's girlfriend, who leaves him after he "chickens out of a gunfight." The story continues from there as the protagonist searches for a way to win back her heart, eventually meeting the wife of an outlaw (Theron) who teaches him how to shoot. MacFarlane co-wrote the movie with »
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