Rockwell Joins Craig in 'Cowboys and Aliens' Film

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sam Rockwell is joining the cast of DreamWorks' new film, Cowboys and Aliens, directed by Jon Favreau. The film will be the second collaboration between Rockwell and Favreau, the first being Iron Man 2, out in theaters this Friday, May 7.

The film is an adaptation of the graphic novel series of the same name by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, in which an extraterrestrial species lands in Arizona in the mid-1800s and plan to squash the Wild West and enslave humanity, but the cowboys and native Apache have other plans.

Rockwell will play Doc, a bar owner who joins the cause against the aliens. He joins the already-cast Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. The film is being produced by Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and is slated, as of now, to be released on June 24, 2011.

Sam Rockwell is currently making his Broadway debut this season in A Behanding in Spokane. On screen, he recently starred alongside Robert De Niro in Everybody's Fine and will soon be seen in Iron Man 2. His other film work includes Moon, Heist, Frost/Nixon, Matchstick Men and an acclaimed performance in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

Daniel Craig made his Broadway debut in 2009's A Steady Rain, directed by John Crowley and co-starring Hugh Jackman. His previous theatre credits include Hurlyburly with the Peter Hall Company at the Old Vic, Angels in America at The National Theatre, and A Number at The Royal Court Theatre. In 2006 Daniel made his debut as the sixth 'James Bond' in Casino Royale, for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination. 2008 saw Daniel's second outing as James Bond in Quantum of Solace. Other film credits include The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, Defiance, The Road to Perdition, The Golden Compass, Flashbacks of a Fool, Elizabeth, Love is the Devil, The Mother, Sylvia, The Jacket, Layer Cake, Enduring Love, Munich, and Infamous (Independent Spirit Award nomination). Television credits include the BBC's adaptation of Michael Frayn's award-winning drama Copenhagen, Our Friends in the North, Sword of Honour, and the two-part BBC film Archangel.

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