Robbins, Brody join Chinese famine pic

Tim Robbins and Adrien Brody have grew to become an associate from the cast of director Feng Xiaogang's as-yet-untitled story in the deadly famine in central China in 1942 through the war against Japan. Reps for your thesps confirmed the castings Tuesday. Huayi Brothers and sisters, Feng's production partner, has built that no title remains searching for the pic, that is based on author Liu Zhenyun's novel "Remembering 1942." Feng introduced the project in April with expects to start shooting this be lured with a 2012 release. Zhenyun's novel particulars an individuals crisis that developed consequently from the drought as well as the government's distraction while using war against Japan's trying out armies. The story is occur central China's Henan province, south of Beijing, where Liu was elevated. Liu written "Cell Phone," which Feng based his 2003 film. Feng has become China's best director with "Aftershock," "If You are the primary one,Inch and "If You are the primary one 2." Robbins was last noticed in "Eco-friendly Lantern." Brody is at "Evening amount of time in Paris." Robbins is repped by UTA. Brody is repped by Paradigm. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com