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Philip Seymour Hoffman is in negotiations to play the role of iconic DJ The Count in writer/director Richard Curtis's (Bridget Jones's Diary) The Boat That Rocked. The film recounts the true story of a British pirate radio station that operated from a boat in the North Sea when the BBC was only broadcasting two hours of pop music each week in the '60s. Other Rocked stars include Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Rhys Ifans, and January Jones.