Variety reports that James Remar (“Dexter”) has joined Summit Entertainment’s Red, scheduled to hit theaters on November 19, 2010.
Remar joins a cast that includes Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John C. Reilly, Mary-Louise Parker, Julian McMahon, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Dreyfuss and Brian Cox.
The Robert Schwentke-directed film is based on the WildStorm/DC Comics title, which was originally written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Cully Hamner. The three-book series, published in 2003 and 2004, tells the story of a former black-ops CIA agent now living a quiet life in retirement until the day a high-tech assassin shows up intent on killing him.
Source: Variety
