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Earlier this month, we told you that Ewan McGregor (Haywire, The Impossible) was in negotiations to join the cast of Bryan Singer‘s forthcoming fantasy film, Jack the Giant Killer as the leader of the king’s royal guard who helps in fighting off the giants.

Shortly after that, Eleanor Tomlinson (Alice in Wonderland, Styria) had joined the cast as Isabella, “the princess who runs away from the kingdom and is kidnapped by the giants. Before that happens, she runs into Jack, the son of a farmer and makes a strong enough impression that he leads a mission into the land of the giants to get her back“.

Now, THR reports that Ian McShane (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) has been cast in the film as the Princess’ (Eleanor Tomlinson) father, King Brahmwell, who is none too thrilled about a union between his daughter and a farmer boy.

Just a few days ago, we brought you the news that Ewan McGregor (Haywire, The Impossible) was in negotiations to join the cast of Bryan Singer‘s forthcoming fantasy film, Jack the Giant Killer as the leader of the king’s royal guard who helps in fighting off the giants.

Now, Deadline reports that Eleanor Tomlinson (Alice in Wonderland, Styria) has joined the cast as Isabella, “the princess who runs away from the kingdom and is kidnapped by the giants. Before that happens, she runs into Jack, the son of a farmer and makes a strong enough impression that he leads a mission into the land of the giants to get her back“.

Tomlinson joins McGregor, Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci (Captain America: The First Avenger) who was cast as the movie’s villain, Roderick, the adviser to the king with shady plans to overtake the land of Cloister, and the...

Earlier this month, Nicholas Hoult, who will next be seen as young Hank McCoy / Beast in the Matthew Vaughn directed, X-Men: First Class scored the lead role in Bryan Singer‘s forthcoming fantasy film, Jack the Giant Killer. The story will focus on young Jack, who inadvertently breaks a longstanding peace between the humans and giants when he pursues a princess who was kidnapped by a giant.

Now, THR reports that Ewan McGregor (Haywire, The Impossible) is in negotiations to join the cast as the leader of the king’s royal guard who helps in fighting off the giants. McGregor would join Hoult, Stanley Tucci (Captain America: The First Avenger) who was recently cast as the movie’s villain, Roderick, the adviser to the king with shady plans to overtake the land of Cloister, and the combo of Bill Nighy (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2) and John Kassir...

Nicholas Hoult, who will next be seen as young Hank McCoy / Beast in the Matthew Vaughn directed, X-Men: First Class has scored the lead role in Bryan Singer‘s forthcoming fantasy film, Jack the Giant Killer. The story will focus on young Jack, who inadvertently breaks a longstanding peace between the humans and giants when he pursues a princess who was kidnapped by a giant.

Hoult joins Stanley Tucci (Captain America: The First Avenger) who was recently cast as the movie’s villain, Roderick, the adviser to the king with shady plans to overtake the land of Cloister, and the combo of Bill Nighy (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2) and John Kassir (The Gunrunner Billy Kane) who will each portray one of two heads of Fallon, the two-headed leader of the giants.

Jack the Giant Killer is slated to hit theaters in 2011.