The Hollywood Reporter (subscription required) is reporting that Sir Ian “Magneto” McKellan has signed to do the voiceovers for the upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “Stardust.”

McKellen is recording his part during postproduction before “Stardust’s” July 27 release date. The film, based on Neil Gaiman’s novel, centers on a young man who promises his beloved that he will retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the Faerie realm, where he encounters witches, goblins, gnomes, talking animals and evil trees. Gaiman’s fairy tale debuted in 1997 as a four-issue DC Comics miniseries with illustrations by Charles Vess.

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