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Gary Barlow is in talks to write the soundtrack for the Eddie the Eagle movie.
The Take That star has reportedly entered into advanced negotiations with producer Matthew Vaughn to pen the score for the currently untitled film about the 1988 Olympic ski-jump failure Eddie Edwards.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "Gary loves the Eddie the Eagle story and Eighties music so it's a perfect match.
"It's also the first time he would have written an entire soundtrack, so it's an exciting project to be involved in."
'Harry Potter' star Rupert Grint was originally tipped for the starring role in the movie - which follows former plasterer turned ski-jumper Eddie famously finish last in the 70m and 90m events during the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada - although the lead is yet to be cast.
Meanwhile, it isn't the first time, Barlow, 43, has teamed up with Vaughan after writing songs for his upcoming thriller 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' which is set to be released in February and his 2007 fantasy film 'Stardust'.
He also worked on the 'Finding Neverland' theatre musical with US-born producer Harvey Weinstein last year.

Christoph Waltz found his second Academy Award to be "consolidating".
The 58-year-old Austrian actor - who won his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Colonel Hans Landa in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film 'Inglourious Basterds' and a second gong for his role as King Schultz in 'Django Unchained' - says winning the prestigious award twice reaffirmed his credentials as a performer.
Christoph - who's been cast in the new Bond film 'Spectre' - reflected: "The second one had a completely different connotation and quality. It was consolidating. It was not so much ego as securing something that I had perceived as precarious.
"It said that it wasn't a coincidence, I wasn't going to vanish as quickly as I came, but that people wanted to work with me and with what I had to offer."
Christoph also admitted to feeling gutted that he wasn't cast in Tarantino's much-anticipated new Western 'The Hateful Eight', but having read the script, he concedes there was no obvious role for him in the movie.
He told The Times newspaper: "It pains me not to be a part of it. The other kids get to play, but I have to stay in and do my homework. It's sad. But I've seen the script and there's nothing in it for me.
"It would've been a different kind of hurt had there been something in it that was perfect for me that went to someone else, but even then, taking anything for granted would be a really big mistake."

'Wonder Woman' is still to be given the official green light by Warner Bros.
The hotly-anticipated project has been spoken about at length over the last few months, but 'Game of Thrones' and 'Walking Dead' director Michelle MacLaren has revealed the film remains some way off, with 'Wonder Woman' still lacking a script and an official release date.
Quizzed on the proposed 'Wonder Woman' movie, Michelle was very coy, telling Vulture: "I really, ­really, really can't talk about this.
"I just picture a drone coming in over the hills and crashing through the glass and flying over here and putting duct tape over my mouth, you know?"
Despite Michelle's reluctance to reveal any details about the film, Gal Gadot is still expected to star in it after her debut in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice', which will also feature Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill.
'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' will be released on April 29, 2016 in the UK and May 6, 2016 in the US.
Meanwhile, the much-anticipated 'Wonder Woman' movie is expected to open in June 2017, although Warner Bros is still to confirm the date.

Jack O'Connell lent a Dictaphone off Brad Pitt so he could prepare for 'Unbroken'.
The 24-year-old actor stars in the Angelina Jolie-directed war drama based on the life of Louis Zamperini - an American World War II prisoner of war survivor and an Olympic distance runner - and he's revealed that Brad, 51, helped him to prepare for the role.
Jack explained: "Brad Pitt lent me a little Dictaphone thing, like a cassette recorder, and I really liked the authentic f*****g dated nature of that process, of putting this cassette player on during our conversations, mine and Louis's."
Jack took the Dictaphone with him to Australia, where the film was being shot and said it helped him a great deal.
The actor - who starred in 'This Is England' - told Collider: "So I had this borrowed cassette thing that I took to Australia with me and that was constantly there to listen to. So if I was bored and s*** or if I was killing time usually I'd just be listening to that.
"Not to hear him speak. It wasn't particularly useful at all for the voice, because obviously I'm dealing with a 96 year old at that stage, but the essence of him, the kind of thing that might have made him."

Sony still intends to release 'The Interview'.
Plans to show the controversial film - which concerns a meeting with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and stars Seth Rogen and James Franco - in cinemas were scrapped last week following terrorism threats.
However, Sony lawyer David Boies has confirmed that the studio hopes to release the movie.
He told NBC: "Sony only delayed [the release of the film]. Sony has been fighting to get this picture distributed. It will be distributed.
"How it's going to be distributed, I don't think anybody knows quite yet. But it's going to be distributed."
One possibility is Sony releasing the film via YouTube, with the company's chief executive Michael Lynton recently admitting it is one of a number of options Sony is currently considering.
He shared: "We would still like the public to see this movie, absolutely. There are a number of options open to us. And we have considered those, and are considering them."
Asked specifically about the chances of the film being released via YouTube, the chief executive replied: "That's certainly an option and certainly one thing we will consider."
However, Michael has confirmed that no major on-demand companies have come forward to show the film.
He explained: "There has not been one major video on-demand distributor, one major e-commerce site that has stepped forward and said it is willing to distribute this movie for us.
"We don't have that direct interface with the American public and need an intermediary to do to that."

Billie Whitelaw has died at the age of 82.
The actress, who enjoyed a successful career on stage and screen, is perhaps best known for her association with playwright Samuel Beckett, who described her as a perfect actress.
Her son Matthew Muller confirmed that she died in the early hours of Sunday (21.12.14) at a nursing home in London.
He told the BBC: "I could not have asked for a more loving mum.
"She had an incredible career - but first and foremost she was my mum - and that's who I will miss."
Billie won a British Academy Award for best newcomer for her role in 'Hell is a City', while she also won Best Supporting Actress for her performances in 'Twisted Nerve' and 'Charlie Bubbles'.
She also appeared as Violet Kray in 'The Krays' and more recently, she starred in the comedy 'Hot Fuzz', which featured Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
'Hot Fuzz' director Edgar Wright tweeted: "Very sad to hear that the magnificent Billie Whitelaw passed away, but so very happy I worked with her. 'Hot Fuzz' was her final film."
Billie was married to actor Peter Vaughan between 1952 and 1966, while she later married German actor and writer Robert Muller, who died in 1998.

Christian Bale says the character of Moses in 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' was the "most extreme" role he has ever undertaken.
The 'American Hustle' star plays the Egyptian prince in the new blockbuster and felt compelled to act differently around the set when filming the movie because he wanted to do the character justice.
He revealed: "Moses is the most extreme character I've ever played. Because of that I actually changed the way I behaved on set. I kind of kept to myself, because I find it very difficult to get to know people too well and then play a character."
The film - directed by Ridley Scott - features Christian's character as the defiant protagonist who fights against Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton) by sending 600,000 slaves on a journey to escape Egypt, and the star admitted the character was even more difficult to perfect than gruesome murderer Patrick Bateman in the 2000 movie, 'American Psycho'.
He continued: "I thought: 'I've got to turn him on and off because he's too much.' You know, I played Patrick Bateman in 'American Psycho' where I stayed in character, but Moses is way more extreme than Patrick Bateman."
Christian - who is married to Hollywood stunt double Sibi Blazic - added he found it tough getting back into shape for the movie, having previously played overweight con man Irving Rosenfeld in the Golden Globe winning picture, 'American Hustle'.
He told Notebook magazine: "I was thankful to wear loose-fitting tent-like clothes throughout the film, as I was desperately trying to lose weight. I didn't feel playing Moses as a fat guy would be fitting."

Kirsten Dunst has defended Lars Von Trier.
The 32-year-old actress - who worked alongside Lars, 58, in the 2011 drama 'Melancholia' - insists she would be more than happy to work with the filmmaker again after he confessed to being drunk or high throughout most of his career and worried he would never make another film while sober.
Lars said, comparing himself to legendary rockers The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix, last month: "I don't know if I can make any more films, and that worries me.
"There is no creative expression of artistic value that has ever been produced by ex-drunkards and ex-drug addicts. Who the hell would bother with a Rolling Stones without booze or with a Jimi Hendrix without heroin?"
However, Kirsten has since said: "For the right role, I would definitely work with him."
Actress Chloe Sevigny - who worked with Lars on the 2003 drama 'Dogville' opposite Nicole Kidman - also spoke out in favour of the Danish-born director.
She told The Hollywood Reporter: "He's a provocateur, a comedian. People always take his work too seriously.
"I don't remember him ever being drunk. He may have had a couple of Schnapps at lunch, but he was very proficient as a filmmaker."

Michael Keaton wants to give money to his fans.
The 'Beetlejuice' actor thinks it is "amazing" he has forged a career as an actor and feels obliged to hand out money to his fans to thank them for their support.
He said: "It's kind of amazing that people are sticking by me. When they come up to me in the street, I just want to write them cheques."
The 63-year-old star - who is also known for starring in the 1989 'Batman' movie as well as the 1992 sequel 'Batman Returns' - also admitted he is relieved and pleased people have continued to support him throughout his acting life, despite making mistakes.
He continued: "I'm just shocked and thankful that I've gotten away with everything - experimenting here, trying at this, failing at that, being good in some things, not so good in others."
However, the father-of-one - who stars in the critically acclaimed 2014 movie ''Birdman' as protagonist, Riggan - acknowledged his tendency to swap genres has made for an overcomplicated career during which he could have made more money if he had stuck to making commercially successful movies.
Speaking about hopping between different types of films, he explained to The Guardian newspaper: "I suppose I'm patting myself on the back here, but you've got to have a sizable pair of balls to be that way. Financially I could've done a whole lot better - and by the way, I'm doing just fine. But that's the short game. Maybe I could've gone on doing the same stuff and people wouldn't have got bored but you know what? I would have got bored.