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"Paul Dano has joined the cast of Twelve Years A Slave, the next film from Shame director Steve McQueen.  Michael Fassbender will collaborate with McQueen for the third time on the 1800s-set drama, which centres on a black man who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the deep south.  Dano will play an abusive slave owner, Deadline reports. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays the lead role, with Brad Pitt also set to star.  The film is based on Solomon Northup&amp;#039;s novel of the same name, and is set for a 2013 release. Dano stars in upcoming fantasy-comedy Ruby Sparks, which reunites him with Little Miss Sunshine directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Earlier this year, McQueen suggested that Shame&amp;#039;s lack of Oscar nominations was a result of America&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;fear of sex&amp;#039;.  Watch a trailer for Shame below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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