Acting Up

The following post contains casting news for a number of projects that's been announced over the last month or so...

***Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Stephen Colbert, Rainn Wilson, Kiefer Sutherland and Paul Rudd are among those voicing characters for the 3-D animated "Monsters vs. Aliens" ( Variety)

***Chad Allen, Janeane Garofalo, Rebecca Gayheart, Soleil Moon Frye, Patrick Muldoon and Brad Rowe are all set to star in the indie screwball comedy "For Better or for Worse " (The Hollywood Reporter)

The film follows a pair of same sex couples...Following an extensive rehearsal period, the film will have a six-day digital shoot with multiple cameras this summer.

*** "E!'s Talk Soup" host Joel McHale and Scott Bakula are appearing in Steven Soderbergh's dark comic thriller The Informant (The Hollywood Reporter).

***Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell are starring in the Kirk Kirk Jones-directed "Everybody's Fine " (Variety)

***Shia LaBeouf, Orlando Bloom, Ethan Hawke, Julie Christie and John Hurt are set to star in the late Anthony Minghella-scripted segment of short film anthology "New York, I Love You" (The Hollywood Reporter)

***Sean Astin, Giovanni Ribisi Ron Perlman and Anjelica Huston will lend their voices to the CG-animated eco-fairy tale "Spirit of the Forest" (Reuters)

Rob Schneider, Tania Raymonde, Kristin Cavallari, Rumer Willis, and Ryan Merriman have joined the indie ensemble comedy "Wild Cherry" (Variety)