Fantasy role for Paul Bettany

From CANOE.CA: Da Vinci Code actor Paul Bettany is in talks to star opposite Brendan Fraser in the family fantasy Inkheart. The film, based on the children's novel of the same name, centres on a girl whose father (Fraser) has the power to bring characters from books to life. The girl and her friends attempt to rescue her father after he is kidnapped by an evil ruler from one of the stories. Bettany would play Dustfinger, a fire-eating performer.