Orlando Bloom joins Niccol's 'The Cross'

Orlando Bloom, Vincent Cassel and Olga Kurylenko are set to join "The Cross."

According to Variety, "Bloom plays a man seeking to cross a mysterious border, something no one else has achieved."

Cassel will play a guard who tries to prevent Bloom form achieving his goal. Kurylenko will take the female lead, but details about her role are unknown at this stage.

The trade also says the project is produced on a $24 million budget, with production set to start this summer in Australia.

This is obviously not Niccol's first visit to the sci-fi genre. He kicked off his directorial career in 1997 with "Gattaca," followed by "S1m0ne." Most recently, he helmed the enjoyable thriller "Lord of War."

As far as Orlando Bloom is concerned, he was last seen in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." Dang, that was ages ago. He's got "New York, I Love You" and "Sympathy for Delicious" coming up.

The good-looking Kurylenko, of course, last starred in "Quantum of Solace."

West, Fassbender join Marshall's 'Centurion'

Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Olga Kurylenko have signed on to star in Neil Marshall's upcoming action adventure "Centurion."

The Hollywood Reporter describes the flick as follows:

"The movie, billed as a thriller set during the Roman invasion of Britain in A.D. 117, tells the story of Quintus Dias, sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, who marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon."

The trade didn't specify who will take on what role. Marshall's directing credits also include "Dog Soliders," "The Descent" and "Doomsday."

Fassbender recently starred in "300." He will also be seen in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" and Peter Webber's "Wuhtering Heights."

As for West, his recent credits include "Punisher: War Zone" and television's "The Wire." Kurylenko starred in "Hitman," "Max Payne" and "Quantum of Solace."