5 April 2013 12:01 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
David O. Russell has a solid track record for making films that cast almost as many of Hollywood.s elite as there are characters for them to portray. And his newest flick is going above and beyond when it comes to roping in the big names. Deadline reports Michael Peña has been added to the mega cast of Russell.s untitled Abscam project for a non-specified role. Peña, who most recently starred in David Ayer.s End of Watch and Ruben Fleischer.s Gangster Squad, well next be seen as civil rights activist Cesar Chavez in Diego Luna.s biopic and his voice will be heard in the upcoming animated films Hell & Back and DreamWorks. Turbo. But Pena isn.t the only big name added, as The Boston Globe dropped the news that Robert De Niro has also been added to the film for a small part. A »
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