Margot Robbie set to board 'Peter Rabbit' adaptation

Margot Robbie at the European premiere of the film Suicide Squad in central London on August 3, 2016

Margot Robbie is set to join James Corden, Daisy Ridley and Rose Byrne in the live-action animated film "Peter Rabbit".

Variety reports that Robbie is in final negotiations with Sony who are bringing Beatrix Potter's classic children's tale to the big screen.

Corden has boarded the film to as the voice of Peter. Domhnall Gleeson and Elizabeth Debicki will also lend their voices.

The big-screen adaptation is described as a live-action hybrid animation and will be developed out of Sydney-based animation studio Animal Logic, which was also behind "The Lego Movie".