Jennifer Garner is in talks to join the cast of the Arthur remake due to start shooting next month, with Russell Brand in the Dudley Moore role. According to The Hollywood Reporter, both Nick Nolte and Greenberg star Greta Gerwig have also joined the film, along with Oscar winner Helen Mirren.

The remake follows a predictably similar story arc of the original, as Brand plays a washed up playboy, who's set to marry Jennifer Garner's heiress and make himself plenty rich again. But when he meets Gerwig's impulsive shoplifter, he falls in love, and pisses off Garner's religious auld lad, Nolte.

Brand is being surrounded by an excellent supporting cast here; while his first real starring role, Get Him To The Greek is doing stellar business in America. The articulate alternative will be gracing Ireland for a gala screening of that flick next week, and we'll be having a word with him - so check back then.