Julian McMahon, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Dreyfuss and Brian Cox are all in talks to join the cast of the DC Comics adaptation Red, directed by Robert Schwentke. McMahon will play a dodgy Vice President. Borgnine will be the keeper of the CIA’s less palatable secrets, Dreyfuss is playing a rich contractor and Cox is a former cold war foe of Bruce Willis’ character.

As we told you previously, Red already boasts a cast that includes Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John C Reilly and Mary Louise Parker.

Summit Entertainment’s upcoming RED is based on the Wildstorm/DC comic book mini-series by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner.

Paul Moses is a retired Agent of the CIA, formerly working in “foreign acquisitions”. Living in a secluded area, his human contacts are limited to pleasant phone calls to his handler (who desires what she believes to have been Moses’ type of work) and letters to his niece that lives in England.

Michael Beesley, the newly politically appointed Director of the CIA, is taken to ROOM R as part of his initiation, where he learns of Moses’ existence and the full extent of his activities. Disgusted by what he has seen, and fearing public reaction should any of those secrets leak out, he orders the assassination of Moses.

A three man hit-team is sent to Moses’ residence, and he kills them, recognizing the pattern of the attack and realizing his death has been sanctioned. He calls his handler only to learn that she has been transferred. He informs the Agency that his status has changed from Green to Red before leaving his house and going on the hunt.

If you’ve never scoured the brilliant pages of RED, Click HERE and check out a PDF preview from DC Comics.