Thursday film news roundup: Two more join Scott's 'Unstoppable;' '30 Beats' cast is growing

Here are some short but interesting film news that appeared in the trades or on the Web today:

• Tony Scott's next action thriller "Unstoppable" had a lot of problems recently, but the film is back on track, with Jessy Schram and Kevin Dunn joining Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson. The film follows an engineer who boards a locomotive and attempts to chase a runaway train loaded with toxic chemicals.

The Hollywood Reporter says Schram will play the wife of Pine's character. Dawson is on-board as a train dispatcher, and Dunn will play her boss. Budget concerns severly threatened the project a while back, but everybody agreed on a deal and production is set soon.

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