The dark lord of the Sith becomes the duck lord of The Peabody when esteemed actor James Earl Jones — famous for providing the voice of Darth Vader — comes to Memphis to act in “Master’s Tree,” a Christmas story inspired by the Mississippi-based Palmer Home for Children that begins shooting here April 19.
The film’s star is rising teen sensation James Maslow, a 19-year-old acting-and-singing heartthrob known for his role in the current Nickelodeon series “Big Time Rush.”
To be directed by David Mickey Evans (“The Sandlot”), “Master’s Tree” is the story of several parentless children, led by Maslow, who leave the Palmer Home campus in Mississippi for a comic and dramatic adventure that takes them to Memphis at Christmastime, where they come under the wing of The Peabody duckmaster, played by Jones (who acted in the Memphis-made “A Family Thing” in 1996).
The runaways are inspired by noble motives: They leave the Palmer Home to make way for three motherless children, who arrive at the home needing a place to stay.
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