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No, really, he won't do it Daniel Radcliffe, who's played Harry Potter for almost half his life, wants it made clear: He's done with the fantasy thing, thank you, so don't even ask him to play Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit." "I'd have to say, 'Thanks but no thanks,'" said Radcliffe, adding helpfully, "Not that anyone has asked me." Who's his choice? "James McAvoy is fantastic. I think he should play it." He acknowledged that McAvoy has done his own fantasy bit in "The Chronicles of Narnia," but says, "He can take over. I'm done. I don't think anybody involved in ['The Hobbit'] would want me to do it, either." As evidence, we repeat: No one has asked him.

The final reel Until he's tapped for "The Hobbit," McAvoy is keeping busy co-starring with Seth Rogen in "I'm With Cancer." ... Will Ferrell replaces Robert Downey Jr. as the lead voice in "Oobermind," DreamWorks' "Incredibles"-like animated comedy. ... Paul Giamatti is barreling in for Sean Penn as Larry Fine in the Farrelly brothers' "Three Stooges." ... Mike Nichols will direct an adaptation of the thriller "Deep Water" by Patricia Highsmith ("The Talented Mr. Ripley"). ... Christopher Nolan has dropped plans to direct a big-screen adaptation of the 1960s cult show "The Prisoner." ... We might never see Steven Spielberg's epic "Lincoln," but Robert Redford has stepped into the breach with "The Conspirator," about the woman executed as an accessory to John Wilkes Booth. CYNTHIA DICKISON