Bachchan joins Luhrmann's 'Gatsby'

LONDON -- Indian thesp Amitabh Bachchan ("Aarakshan"), and Australian stars Jason Clarke ("Swerve") and Isla Fisher ("Rango') happen to be put into the cast of Baz Luhrmann's "The Truly Amazing Gatsby," the most recent version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel. Bachchan, that has made an appearance in additional than 180 Indian films, will act as Meyer Wolfsheim, a shadowy gambler.The film toplines Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby as well as stars Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton and newcomer Elizabeth Debicki.The A$120 million ($127 million) allocated film commenced principal photography now at Fox Galleries Australia in Sydney. Pic is really a Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures production in colaboration with Luhrmann's Bazmark Films shingle. Warner Bros. Pictures will distribute the film in 2D and three dimensional, with Village Roadshow Pictures disbursing in choose areas. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com