Toronto ­- Richard Attenborough will be in Toronto next month, joined by Shirley MacLaine, who is set to star in his romantic drama Closing the Ring. The picture, set partly in World War Two, follows a man as he tries to return a ring that had belonged to a downed airman to his sweetheart in the U.S. It is booked at Toronto Film Studios through May. The 82-year-old Lord Attenborough, as he is also known, directs and will produce with Jo Gilbert.

The picture was originally scheduled to shoot in late 2003, but reportedly ran into financing trouble. It will shoot in Canada, which stands in for North Carolina, and in Belfast.