Jean Reno Cast in I, ALEX CROSS

Movie Casting by Joey Paur

Jean Reno (Leon: The Profession) has joined the cast of Summit Entertainment's I, Alex Cross. The movie is based on the James Patterson novel of the same name, and is being directed by Rob Cohen (The Skulls, Fast and the Furious) from a script written by Kerry Williamson and Marc Moss.

Reno will join Tyler Perry in the film who is set to play the title character, along with Ed Burns. Matthew Fox has already been cast to play an insane serial killer in the movie. There's no information on who Reno will be playing yet, but here's a description of the book,

You can't run

Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that a beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Alex vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim.

You can't hide

The hunt for the murderer leads Alex and his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, to a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in. Alex and Bree are soon facing down some very important, very protected, very dangerous people in levels of society where only one thing is certain—they will do anything to keep their secrets safe.

Alex Cross is your only hope to stay alive

As Alex closes in on the killer, he discovers evidence that points to the unimaginable—a revelation that could rock the entire world. With the unstoppable action, unforeseeable twists, and edge-of-your-seat suspense that only a James Patterson thriller delivers, I, Alex Cross is the master of suspense at his sharpest and best.

This sounds like it could make for a great film series. It's got a pretty interesting cast so far, but I'm not the big fan of the director. Production for the film is scheduled to start in August, and the studio is set to release it in the fall 2012 or early 2013.

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