Latest Hollywood casting deals: Keanu Reeves joins 'Crime;' Rashida Jones boards 'Monogamy'
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 4:55PM
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Here are some of the latest casting deals out of Hollywood:

• Keanu Reeves ("The Day the Earth Stood Still") will star in and produce Malcolm Venville's "Henry's Crime," a romantic comedy in which the actor plays a good guy falsely accused of robbing a bank. Sacha Gervasi ("Anvil! The Story of Anvil") wrote the screenplay. (Variety)

• Rashida Jones from "I Love You, Man" and Chris Messina from "Julie & Julia" are set to star in "Murderball" co-director Dana Adam Shapiro's "Monogamy." Details are being kept under wraps for now, but the plot follows a couple facing several challenges in their relationship. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Rebecca De Mornay ("Raise Your Voice") has joined Darren Lynn Bousman's upcoming horror remake "Mother's Day." She will be playing the lead villain in the film about a crazy family returning to their old house to terrorize the new owners and their guests. Jamie King, Shawn Ashmore, Briana Evigan and Deborah Ann Woll co-star (Variety)

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