Celine Dion joins Sir Paul McCartney’s 3D film

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Celine Dion will lead the voice cast of Sir Paul McCartney’s 3D animated film.

The 57-year-old music star will work alongside the likes of Himesh Patel and Hannah Waddingham on ‘High in the Clouds’, the film adaptation of McCartney’s 2005 children’s adventure novel.

The project i s being directed by Toby Genkel, and he’ll oversee a star-studded cast that also includes Idris Elba, Lionel Richie, Jimmy Fallon, Pom Klementieff, Alain Chabat, Clemence Poesy and Sir Ringo Starr, McCartney’s former Beatles bandmate.

‘ High in the Clouds’ will feature original songs written and composed by McCartney, who is also serving as a producer on the project.

The film adaptation is being produced by Gaumont Animation, while 88 Pictures is overseeing the animation elements of the movie.

The original adventure novel centres on a teenage squirrel called Wirral, who embarks on a journey to set music free.

McCartney wrote the book with the help of Philip Ardagh, the children’s author who has written more than 100 books during his career.

The chart-topping star shared: “Grandude isn’t supposed to be me. Because he’s magic and I’m not.” Mc Cartney always enjoyed reading stories to his own children. And the award-winning musician believes there’s still a place for traditional storytelling.