Belgian star actress Cécile de France has officially boarded Clint Eastwood's upcoming supernatural thriller "Hereafter," which is currently shooting. Matt Damon is also on board.

Peter Morgan wrote the script, which follows three people touched by death in different ways. Variety says De France is set to play a French journalist having a near-death experience.

"Hereafter" is set for release December 2010. Parts of the film will apparently be shot in San Francisco, which is reason enough for me to keep my eyes wide open everywhere I go in the city.

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Matt Damon, who can be seen in Steven Soderbergh's new film "The Informant!" this week, will be reteaming with the great Clint Eastwood for the master's next direction project "Hereafter."

"Hereafter" is a supernatural thriller set up at Warner Bros. (it was previously housed at DreamWoks). Plot details are strictly kept under wraps, but the film is described as a thriller in the vein of "The Sixth Sense."

Peter Morgan, whose credits include "The Queen" and "Frost/Nixon," wrote the script, and as Variety reports, Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Morgan and Tim Moore are exec producing. Sweet!

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Scott Eastwood is the latest to join Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman in Clint Eastwood's upcoming drama ("The Human Factor") about the life of former South African President Nelson Mandela.

Morgan Freeman is on board to play Mandela, while Damon will jump into the role of rugby player Francois Pienaar, who teamed up with Mandela to travel around the country after the fall of apartheid.

The film also gives in insight into Mandela’s life during his first term as president, when he backed South Africa’s Springboks team at the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Eastwood is set to play a member of Pienaar's team. Anthony Peckham wrote the screenplay based on a book by John Carlin.

Scott Eastwood's acting credits include "Pride." He also appeared in his father's films "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Gran Torino."

Here's your dose of film news for Feb. 26, 2009:

• Lance Henriksen, Bill Moseley, Justin Pierre and Davey Havok have joined the voice cast of Matt Pizzolo's big-screen version of his comic book "Godkiller." The story is set in the future and follows an orphan who searches for a new heart for his ill sister. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Amanda Hutchinson is set to rewrite "Oh Brother," a comedy about a woman who grew up as an orphan and hires actors to play her relatives to she can impress people at her wedding. Cathy McCarthy wrote the original script, which Gold Circle Films recently purchased. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Cannes Film Festival chiefs Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux handed Clint Eastwood an honorary Palme d’Or Wednesday in Paris, according to Variety. “France remains one of the rare countries that approaches cinema as an art form," Eastwood said at the ceremony.

• Peter Baynham will rewrite Warner Bros.' "Arthur," a remake of Steve Gordon's 1981 comedy. Story follows a playboy who plans to marry into a wealthy family but runs into a problem when he falls for a working-class woman. Russell Brand is attached to star in the lead role. (Variety)