Adrien Brody:  sci-fi action star?  It seems to be, according to Variety.  20th Century Fox has added Brody, famous for his Oscar-winning role in maligned director Roman Polanski's THE PIANIST, to the cast of Robert Rodriguez' PREDATORS.  Variety claims that "Brody is playing a character close to (the Schwarzenegger lead) in the 1987 original. He's a mercenary who tries to keep his team alive when its members are hunted by the aliens." 

Okay, I'll say it.  This seems like the biggest case of miscasting since Kate Bosworth inhabited the role of Lois Lane and trampled it.  Brody has played edgy roles in SUMMER OF SAM and THE JACKET, but he doesn't seem lively enough to pull off a role that requires this much charisma.  And let's face it:  physically, he's way too small (he roughly weighs as much as Arnold's left calf).  Hopefully I'm wrong about this one, and Fox is betting that I am, because Variety states they've signed Brody to a multi-picture deal in hopes of turning this into a franchise. 

We'll have to see how this turns out.  For the time being, let's hope this casting isn't as bizarre as when Brody made out with Halle Berry at the Oscars.