Kevin Kline joins 'Frank or Francis'

KlineThe cast of Charlie Kaufman's sophomore feature "Frank or Francis" got a little more interesting, as Kevin Kline is becoming installed on tackle several supporting roles inside the film, that's slated to star Jack Black, Steve Carell and Nicolas Cage.A satire of Hollywood set to music, project tales the trunk-and-forth from the representative plus an online blogger who loves berating his film talent.Black may have Francis, a charmless yet very intelligent Internet troll who reviews movies online.Carell is at predicts play Frank, a effective, somewhat pretentious filmmaker who's cheating on his wife.Cage will portray The Emcee, an actress famous for commercial, high-concept films including his latest hit, "Body body fat Father."For Kline, he'll play Richard Waller, the brother of Jonathan Waller, the director from the imaginary film titled "Hiroshima," the finest-grossing movie of-time. Kline may even play Richard's Mind, an animatronic mind that, by utilizing advanced screenwriting techniques, helps Jonathan produce a completely inoffensive merchandise that might have the biggest possible appeal and zero artistic integrity.Likely Story's Anthony Bregman is creating the pic, that's skedded to begin lensing within the month of the month of january. WME is packaging the project and casting director Jeanne McCarthy remains coping with Kaufman to cast two femme singing roles.Kline most recently starred in Robert Redford's "The Conspirator" and Ivan Reitman's "No Strings Attached." Thesp recently wrapped Lawrence Kasdan's "Darling Companion," which stars Diane Keaton, Richard Jenkins and Dianne Wiest.Kline is repped by CAA and Hofflund/Polone. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com