Ewan McGregor a 'Knockout,' James Cameron eyes 'Hiroshima'

Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas and Michael Fassbender will be the strong trio of men joining mixed martial artist Gina Carano in her feature debut.

The actors are in talks for Steven Soderbergh's revenge spy flick "Knockout," with Dennis Quaid also possibly joining the fun, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"Knockout" centers on a female spy (Carano) who's betrayed one of her teammates  in a security contractor company, owned by McGregor's character, who isn't the most loyal confidant. Working with her is an American executive (Douglas) and a British agent (Fassbender), the latter who proves untrustworthy. That's the spy biz for ya.

In other casting news:

 - The Kenneth Branagh-directed "Thor" has cast a puny human. Joining the reckless god of thunder (Chris Hemsworth) who's been punished for starting a war by being forced to live among humans is the character to be played by Adriana Barraza, the Oscar-nominated actress in "Babel."

She joins the previously cast Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Stellan Skarsgard, Idris Elba and Kat Dennings.

 - Saorise Ronan, who currently plays the dead girl in "The Lovely Bones," has been cast in the title role of "Hanna," a teenage assassin. The story centers on a 14-year-old Eastern European girl, who's been raised to be a killer, but begins to feel human when she goes through adolescence and makes friends with a French family.

"Hanna" will reteam Ronan with her "Atonement" director Joe Wright, who also directed the Keira Knightley "Pride & Prejudice."

 - Not exactly casting news, although this will certain require many Asians if it goes forward, is James Cameron's interest in the non-fiction book "The Last Train From  Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back." Variety reports that Mr. Avatar has optioned the Charles Pellegrino property to possibly direct next.

The book, which will hit bookshelves on Jan. 19, is an account of the Hiroshima bombing. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was the only person who experienced that and the Nagasaki bombing since he had fled one city for another. He was the only survivor of both ground zeroes. He died Monday (Jan. 4) at age 93.

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