Robbins, Brody join Chinese famine pic

Tim Robbins and Adrien Brody have became a member of the cast of director Feng Xiaogang's as-yet-untitled story from the deadly famine in central China in 1942 throughout the war against Japan. Reps for that thesps confirmed the castings Tuesday. Huayi Siblings, Feng's production partner, has established that no title continues to be looking for the pic, which is according to author Liu Zhenyun's novel "Recalling 1942." Feng introduced the project in April with intends to begin shooting this be seduced by a 2012 release. Zhenyun's novel particulars a persons crisis that developed consequently of the drought and also the government's distraction using the war against Japan's taking up armies. The storyline is occur central China's Henan province, south of Beijing, where Liu was raised. Liu authored "Mobile Phone," which Feng based his 2003 film. Feng is becoming China's most effective director with "Aftershock," "If You're the main one,Inch and "If You're the main one 2." Robbins was last observed in "Eco-friendly Lantern." Brody is within "Night time in Paris." Robbins is repped by UTA. Brody is repped by Paradigm. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com