Tobey Maguire will play in "Quiet Type"

Tobey Maguire is in negotiations to star and produce the New Line romantic comedy "Quiet Type", a story about an unassuming mute from a small town who moves to New York to pursue his dreams of conducting an orchestra

"It's a light, magical fable about a man able to get along without speaking because he doesn't need to, and what happens when he goes to the noisiest city on Earth, where everyone communicates by yelling and screaming," producer Michael London said.

"Metaphorically, it's about what it means to get by in a world with no voice when everyone has one; everyone feels at times like they don't have a voice."

Maguire is expected to start work on the movie after he completes Spider-Man 3, which is scheduled to open Stateside on May 4, 2007.