Craig Robinson, Heather Graham, Johnny Knoxville and Camilla Belle are joining Kevin Spacey in Trent Cooper's upcoming comedy "Father of Invention."

The Hollywood Reporter says Cooper and Krane and Nichole Beatty wrote the script, which follows a stinking rich inventor (Spacey) who goes to jail after one of his creations goes wrong. Once he's released, he runs into several struggles making up time with his family.

The trade reports Robinson plays the husband of the inventor's ex-wife. Belle is on-board as his daughter, and Graham will star as her lesbian roommate. Knoxville will play a store manager who hires Spacey after his prison time.

Craig Robinson's credits include "Pineapple Express," "The Office" and "Zack and Miri Make a Porno." Belle last starred in "Push," while Knoxville was last seen in "The Ringer." Graham is currently onscreen in "The Hangover."

Here's your dose of casting updates for May 20, 2009:

• Colin Firth and Kevin Spacey are in talks to star in Hugh Hudson's big-screen adaptation of "Catalonia" by George Orwell. The story follows Orwell's journey to Barcelona, where he joined the Anarchist brigade to fight in the Spanish Civil War. Bob Ellis wrote the script. (Variety)

• Camilla Belle ("Push") and Tom Wilkinson have joined the English remake of Susanne Bier's "Efter brylluppet" (After the Wedding). Michael Caton-Jones ("Shooting Dogs") will direct the flick, which centers on a social worker who works in a Mumbai orphanage and receives a mysterious but huge donation from a businessman. (Variety)

• Chris Pontius, whose credits include "Wildboyz" and "Jackass," is set to star in Sofia Coppola's upcoming "Somewhere," about an actor who lives an extravagant lifestyle at the Chateau Marmont until he gets an unexpected visit from his 11-year-old daughter. Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning co-star. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Vincent D'Onofrio, Vinnie Jones, Paul Sorvino, Fionnula Flanagan, Laura Ramsey, Steve Schirripa, Linda Cardellini and Bob Guntonhave boarded Jonathan Hensleigh's "The Irishman," a crime drama about Danny Greene, a notorious mobster. Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer co-star. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are in talks to join George Clooney in Grant Heslov’s upcoming adaptation of “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Based on the book by British journalist Jon Ronson, the film is set in Iraq and follows a reporter named Bob Wilton (McGregor), who may be in for the story of his life when he encounters Lyn Cassady (Clooney), a psychic solider who claims to be the result of the military experimenting with the paranormal.

Spacey plays a Larry Hooper, a former psychic soldier who is now in charge of an Iraqi prison camp. As for Bridges, he jumps into the role of Bill Django, the creator of the army’s psychic solider program.

McGregor was last seen in “Deception.” Some of his upcoming projects include “Amelia,” “I Love You Phillip Morris” and “Angels & Demons.”

Spacey last starred in Robert Luketic’s “21.” He is currently filming “Shrink” for Jonas Pate. As for Bridges, he most recently played Obadiah Stane in this summer’s blockbuster “Iron Man.” He will next be seen in “How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.”