Here is your dose of film news bits for Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009:

• Anthony Mackie ("The Hurt Locker") has signed on to star in George Nolfi's upcoming thriller "The Adjustment Bureau," based on a short story by Philip K. Dick. Matt Damon is on board to star as a promising congressman whose career takes a turn when he meets a beautiful ballet dancer, played by Emily Blunt. (Variety)

• German actor Moritz Bleibtreu, who was recently seen in "Der Baader Meinhof Komplex," will play Mephisto in Oskar Roehler's big-screen version of Goethe's "Faust." Of course, the film follows the classic story of a desperate man selling his soul to the devil for knowledge. I clearly remember this one from high school.

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Paul Giamatti and Anthony Mackie are set to star in Andrés Baiz's upcoming indie drama "Babylon," according to Variety.

Written by Ian Stone, the film follows a British minister (Giamatti) and a Rasta (Mackie) who help a 12-year-old Jamaican boy outrun a bunch of gangsters from the Kingston ghetto.

Giamatti, who most recently starred in "Fred Claus" and television's "John Adams," has several projects coming up, including "Duplicity" and "The Last Station."

As for Mackie, he was last seen in "Eagle Eye." He will next star as Tupac Shakur in George Tillman Jr.'s "Notorious."