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British actor
Michael Sheen (The Deal, The Queen, Underworld trilogy) is set to be a very busy actor with a role in the upcoming thriller “
Unthinkable” with
Samuel L. Jackson and
Tim Burton‘s “
Alice in Wonderland,” reports Variety.
Unthinkable, directed by
Gregor Jordan, looks at the ethics of torture after a terrorist threatening to detonate nuclear devices in the U.S. is questioned by a black-ops interrogator and an FBI agent (Carrie-Ann Moss). The film starts shooting this month.
Sheen will also have a role in “Alice in Wonderland,” in which
Johnny Depp is playing the Mad Hatter,
Mia Wasikowska -Alice and
Matt Lucas – Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
“Alice in Wonderland” is currently in pre-production and slated for a March 5, 2010 release.
Sheen can next be seen as
David Frost in
Ron Howard‘s BFI London Film Festival-opener “
Frost/Nixon.”