Flynetonline.comIt was only a matter of time before Katie Holmes got in touch with her Dark side.
She of the rolled jeans and fashionista toddler has signed on to star in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, a thriller written by Pan's Labyrinth and Hobbit mastermind Guillermo del Toro.
A rep for Mrs. Tom Cruise confirmed the casting to E! News.
The adrenaline-pumping flick is based on a TV movie that aired on ABC back in 1973, which centered on a girl who moves in with her father and his girlfriend, only to realize that they are not the only occupants of the abode.
Holmes will be heading Down Under, to the land of the former Mrs. Cruise, for the project: The film shoots this summer in Melbourne.
In the day's other casting coups, Robert De Niro is talking to Edward Norton (again); James McAvoy, Elizabeth Banks and Laura Linney get blacked out; Dwayne Johnson is a Fast talker; Steve Coogan and Rosario Dawson get mythic and Christopher Walken gets, well, Val Kilmer.
• Robert De Niro and Edward Norton, who previously costarred together in the all-but-forgotten thriller The Score, will reteam for another pulse-racing outing, this time called Stone. According to Variety, the duo will star in the indie psychological thriller following a correctional officer seduced by the wife of an arsonist.
• It's not just the devil—it's James McAvoy, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Anna Friel in The Details. Per Variety, the quartet is set to star in the black comedy about a couple who discover an unwelcome infestation of raccoons in their backyard. Hijinks ensue.
• Dwayne Johnson is speeding to Faster. According to Variety, the erstwhile Rock is set to star as an ex-con seeking vengeance for his brother's death from a heist gone wrong.
• Percy Jackson is adding to its star ranks, as Tropic Thunder funnyman Steve Coogan and Rosario Dawson join the Greek mythology-based adventure film. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Coogan will play Hades in the film, which follows Poseidon's son's journey through America, while Dawson plays Persephone, his imprisoned wife. Liam Neeson, Catherine Keener, Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean also star.
• Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer have boarded The Irishman, a crime action flick based, per the Hollywood Reporter, on the real-life story of Irish-American mobster Danny Greene, who sparked a nationwide Mafia-crippling turf war in 1970s Cleveland.
• Kaitlin Olson is looking forward to Leap Year. The It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia funnygal joins Amy Adams, Bill Nighy and Brit hunk Matthew Goode in the romantic comedy about an American girl who heads to Ireland in order to pop the question to her boyfriend on Leap Day. Per the Hollywood Reporter, Olson plays the girl's married older sister.
• It's never Too Late for Lauren Holly. The actress is joining Rob Lowe in the Lifetime original TV movie Too Late to Say Goodbye, per the Hollywood Reporter, centering on a couple who appear to have the perfect marriage until the wife discovers her husband's infidelity and his mistress turns up dead.
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