The Sun is starting the rumor that Madonna is going to be moving back to England. While she never stopped speaking in that dreadful faux-English-by-way-of-Detroit accent, Madge is apparently seriously considering come back to England for work, not for pleasure. Apparently, the whole Wallis Simpson film project that Madge has her heart on directing is a go, and Madge will be moving back to scout locations and supervise the script, I suppose. Oh, and Guy Ritchie couldn’t be happier about it, too. He wants to spend more time with the kids. Which is really sweet. Here’s more from The Sun:

MADONNA is moving back to London after rekindling her love for Britain. It’s less than a year since her Madgesty stuffed her leotards and conical bras in a bag and returned to New York while in a strop about her marriage to GUY RITCHIE going pear-shaped.

But she has rediscovered her passion for all things British while preparing to direct her new film W.E. all about the 1930s tale of EDWARD VIII abdicating the throne to marry his forbidden lover, American divorcee WALLIS SIMPSON. And that means Madge is on her way to take her throne in Marylebone for a six-month spell this summer.

That might sound like bad news for Guy, but far from it. He is absolutely delighted because he will be able to see his nippers ROCCO and DAVID BANDA almost every day.

A source said: “The Big Apple hasn’t gone sour. M has just rediscovered her interest in Britain. She still owns her place in Marylebone and will be moving back there.”

“She’s going to be filming her new movie about Wallis Simpson in London so it made sense for her to move back.”

She has surrounded herself in the history of the great Royal scandal and that has played a part in stoking her love of all things British once again.

“Guy is hoping the move will be permanent for his sake with the kids, though he isn’t holding out much hope. He is desperate to get the kids over here and be able to see them more often. Rocco is so excited about it, although LOURDES is already working out how she can stay in New York.”

By the time Madonna and Guy’s marriage was on the rocks she was pretty sick of all things British. Guy’s love of the Punchbowl boozer and spending time with the lads drove her to distraction. But the romantic 1936 story of Edward VIII and Wallis is her new obsession.

EWAN McGREGOR has been cast as the monarch and the project is now full steam ahead. Filming is expected to start in a couple of months. My fellow Scot is a brave boy for getting involved. Madge is the BERNARD MATTHEWS of the film industry: Very good at producing turkeys.

[From The Sun]

Ewan McGregor as King Edward? Uh, no. And I’m a fan of Ewan, and I’m saying that. Ewan would be horrible as Edward. Most historical records have King Edward as a very posh, strange, uptight sort of man. Ewan is none of those things. And Ewan looks nothing like Edward! Granted, Ewan is a great actor. But I’m still not buying it. And after several prominent actresses (including Cate Blanchett) turned down the role of Wallis, Perez Hilton is now claiming that the Wallis role has been give to Vera Farmiga. Which is totally not a terrible choice. Vera actually sort of looks like Wallis!

It’s been out for a week and a half now, and adoption groups are getting wind of the plot of horror film Orphan and are urging a boycott. Without giving too much of the plot away (which is easily spoiled by reading the synopsis on Wikipedia) 9 year-old orphan Esther is adopted by a wealthy family eager to give her a home. Esther at first seems like a withdrawn child who is mature beyond her years, but soon wrecks havoc on her adopted family in chilling scenarios that are typical for the “evil child” genre. Many adoption groups find the film offensive, particularly because it discourages adoption of older children who are most in need of a home:

Warner Bros. new horror flick “Orphan” may be causing its audience to scream, but it is also causing a squeal from a growing number of national adoption groups and organizations who are urging Americans to boycott the flick which is centered on an evil adopted child.

Leading philanthropist and founder of Children Uniting Nations which supports foster youth, Daphna Ziman, is one of the many who are outraged and joining the charge to promote a socially responsible solution.

“Although we recognize the film is fiction, the response we have had from adoption groups and potential adoptive parents has been overwhelming,” Ziman told Tarts. “When a major corporation sensationalizes on an area that affects our nation’s most needy children without responsible messaging it is unconscionable. Warner Bros. needs to be socially conscientious of the children they are potentially harming and put a disclaimer on the film and a public service announcement educating viewers on the plight of children living in protective custody through no fault of their own.”

Advocacy groups believe that the film may feed into any possible pre existing doubt and prevent parents from adopting. Although Warner Bros is yet to meet Ziman’s request for a meeting with executives to add the disclaimer, the studio has reportedly removed a highly criticized line from the film where the orphan Ester says, “It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own.”

“’Orphan’ is a work of fiction; it is not a depiction of any real-life events or situations and has never been portrayed as anything but an entirely fictional story,” a rep for Warner Bros told Tarts in response. “We apologize if we appeared insensitive with the initial trailer as it’s never our intent to offend anyone with our products.”

[From Fox News Pop Tarts]

Journalist Linda Cook brings up the controversy over the film in her review on Rotten Tomatoes. Cook was adopted as a child and writes that she overheard someone leaving the movie say “Boy, I’d never adopt after seeing that.” She says that “this is the sort of thing that touches a nerve in any adoptee,” but adds “If someone really, truly wanted to adopt… it would have taken more than a single movie to dissuade them.”

I can understand how adoptees and adoption advocates would take offense to this film. The line in the trailer, mentioned in the source article above, “It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own,” was removed from future versions but you can still see it in official trailers available online. There’s even a user-created remix of the trailer that includes overlaid words like “Thinking of adopting? Think again.”

Have any of you seen this film and would you agree that it can dissuade people from adopting? Please don’t reveal any spoilers in your comments as I understand this film has a huge twist at the end. I’m not a horror movie fan and am not likely to ever rent this film, but some people could be waiting to see it.

Photos are stills from Orphan featuring Peter Sarsgaard, Vera Farmiga and Isabelle Fuhrman as Esther. Credit: Allmoviephoto.com