John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh and Scott Glenn are the latest to join Randall Wallace's upcoming Walt Disney horse movie "Secretariat." Diane Lane is also on board in the lead role of Penny Tweedy, the American racehorse owner whose thoroughbred Secretariat won the 1973 Tripe Crown.

Penny first stepped into the world of horses and racing when she took over her father’s horse farm in Virginia. Following her horse’s extraordinary win, she later became known as the “first lady of racing.” Walsh is set to play her husband, and Malkovich plays a horse trainer. Glenn stars as an aristocrat.

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Here's your daily news dose for Feb. 12, 2009:

• Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins are set to star in Woody Allen's next film, which Variety says will shoot in London this summer. Of course, nothing is known about the film at this stage; Woody usually does a solid job at keeping everything secret. We'll keep you posted!

• Darren Bousman, director of "Saw," is set to helm "Akula," a heist thriller Paul W.S. Anderson will co-produce. Mark Distefano penned the script, which Alex Litvak is rewriting. According to Variety, the film is set on a submarine. That's all I know at this stage.

• Justin Marks has signed on to rewrite McG's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo" for Walt Disney. Featuring characters from the Jules Verne novel and written by Bill Marsilli, the film focuses on Nemo's efforts to build the Nautilus, his advanced submarine. (Variety)

• John Malkovich has boarded Jimmy Hayward's "Jonah Hex," which also stars Josh Brolin and follows the adventures of Hex, a bounty hunter and gunslinger with a scarred face. According to Variety, Malkovich plays Turnbull, a Southern plantation owner who blames Hex for the death of his son.