Casting bites: Michael Sheen, Jaime Winstone

Here's your selection of quick casting updates for May 16, 2009:

• Michael Sheen, who played Tony Blair in "The Queen" and David Frost in "Frost/Nixon," and Paddy Considine, whose credits include "In America" and "My Summer of Love," will star in Richard Ayoade's feature debut "Submarine." The flick follows a teenager trying to lose his virginity all while doing what he can to save his parents' marriage. (Variety)

• Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone and Daniel Mays are the latest to join Sally Hawkins and Bob Hoskins in Nigel Cole's ("Calendar Girls") "We Want Sex." Written by William Ivory, the flick focuses on the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Monica Bellucci has boarded Jon Turteltaub's comedy "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," which also stars Nicholas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer and Toby Kebbell. Bellucci is playing a sorceress and lost love of Cage's character. Bellucci's credits include "Shoot 'Em Up" and "The Matrix Reloaded." (Variety)

• John Goodman is in talks to join Orlando Bloom and Vincent Cassel in Andrew Niccol's "The Cross," which follows Bloom as he seeks to cross a mysterious border. Niccol also directed "Lord of War" and Goodman recently starred in "Speed Racer" and "Confessions of a Shopaholic." (Variety)