Ken Watanabe is set to join John C. Reilly and Salma Hayek on Universal Pictures’s Cirque du Freak – which is based on the popular 12-book children’s series by Darren Shan.
Ken Watanabe - The Grudge Movie Premiere - Arrivals - Mann Village Theater - Westwood, CA © Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos
Variety reports Watanabe has signed for the role of Mr. Tall – the barker for the Cirque. The film is being directed by Paul Weitz based on a screenplay by Brian Helgeland (Mystic River). It is being produced by Lauren Shuler Donner. The film is scheduled to start shooting next month.
In the film, Reilly will take on the role of a vampire who enlists a 14-year old to serve him as an assistant. The kid is turned into a half-vampire and becomes important to the battle between the vampires and their rivals, the Vampanese. Hayek will play Madame Truska, the bearded lady.
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