David Ayer’s World War II action-thriller Fury already has Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman and Shia LaBeouf on board to star. Now another actor has signed up, as Variety reports that Michael Pena to star. The film will reunite Pena and Ayer following the success of End of Watch.

All the actors attached so far will play members of a five-man U.S. tank crew, who battle a desperate unit of Nazi soldiers towards the end of World War II. Pena is set to be Wardaddy, the tank’s driver and a brutal alcoholic who has vowed never to go into combat sober.

David Ayer is directing from his own screenplay, with filming set to begin in the autumn, with a November 14th, 2014 release already set.

David Ayer’s World War II drama Fury already has Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf attached to star, and now it’s added another actor in the form of Logan Lerman according to Deadline.

The movie is about a five-man American tank crew in 1945, who find themselves in the thick of the fight just as the Nazi army begins to collapse at the tail end of World War II. Logan Lerman is playing Norman Ellison, an Army typist. He is the youngest of the crew, who is forced to become their new tail gunner.

David Ayer is directing from his own screenplay. Filming is scheduled to begin this autumn.

When Shia LaBeouf announced he was ‘done’ with Hollywood, many presumed that meant we’d only see him in little, edgy movies from now on, but it seems he is interested in keeping his star alive, as yesterday we reported he’s in talks to join Robert de Niro in Spy’s Kid, and now Variety reports that he’s likely to join Brad Pitt in the World War II movie, Fury.

Based on a true story the drama is about a five-man American tank crew towards the end of World War II, who must fight an increasingly desperate Nazi army in April 1945. Shia LaBeouf will play one of the Sherman tank crew members, if a deal is finalised.

David Ayer (End Of Watch) is directing from his own original screenplay. Filming is scheduled to begin this September, with a release date of November 14, 2014 already set.

Brad Pitt had success in the World War II era with Inglorious Basterds, and now he’s likely to head back to the 1940s as he’s is in final discussions to star in the WWII drama Fury for writer-director David Ayer (End Of Watch), according to Deadline.

The story is set in 1945, centring on a five-man crew of an American tank dubbed Fury, who battle a desperate and defeated group of Nazi soldiers. No details have been given regarding Brad Pitt’s character.

David Ayer commented, “What these men went through is worthy of a complex, honest portrayal. This will have incredible, visceral action and complex rich characters. I plan to bring tank combat to life in a way that lands with a modern audience.”

Shooting is planned for sometime this autumn.

David Ayer got a lot of praise for End Of Watch, and later this year he’ll be bringing us Ten. He’s already lining up future projects though, as Deadline reports that QED International has just paid him $1 million for Fury, a World War II-set spec script that Ayer wrote and is now set to direct.

The film is set in 1945 as the Nazi regime collapses. It follows a five man American tank squadron who fight off the remainder of the German forces. Ayer says it will, “bring a fresh execution to the genre… What these men went through is worthy of a complex, honest portrayal. This will have incredible, visceral action and complex rich characters. I plan to bring tank combat to life in a way that lands with a modern audience.”

QED also backed Ten, so they must like what he’s doing with the movie, which stars Sam Worthington, Joe Manganiello, Terrence Howard and Mireille Enos. There’s no news on when we might get to see Fury.

As he proved in lost Harold Perrineau is one of the best actors around, which ensures he’s rarely short of work, having spent much of the last year appearing in episodes of TV series such as Sons of Anarchy, Georgia and The Wedding Band, as well as popping up in films like Seeking Justice, Transit, Sunset Stories and Kathryn Bigelow’s upcoming Zero Dark Thirty.

Now Variety reports he’s got a new movie role, as he has joined Arnold Schwarzenegger in Ten, David Ayer’s new take on Agatha Christie’s classic Ten Little Indians. Skip Woods’ (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, A Good Day to Die Hard) script massively updates the tale, following an elite DEA task force that deals with the world’s deadliest drug cartels. Specialising in complex mobile operations, the team executes a tactical raid on a cartel safe house. What looks to be a typical raid turns out to be an elaborate theft operation, pre-planned by the DEA squad. After hiding millions in stolen cash, the team believes their secret is safe – until someone begins assassinating them one by one.

The impressive ensemble cast already includes Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Mireille Enos and Olivia Williams. The movie should start shooting later this year.

The cast for Breacher has certainly got a lot better in the last few weeks. For months we just new Arnie was going to be in it, but more recently he’s been joined by the likes of Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard, Dawn Olivieri, Joe Manganiello, and Malin Akerman. Now Variety reports that Josh Holloway is in negotiations to star too, for director David Ayer.

The movie is about a team of corrupt DEA agents who steal millions from a drug cartel, under the guise of a routine raid. While the team thinks they have gotten away with the perfect crime, they start getting knocked off, one by one. Josh Holloway will play Neck, the medic of this shady unit.

Skip Woods wrote the screenplay, with shooting scheduled to begin this October in Atlanta.

Watchmen actress Malin Akerman is in negotiations to join the burgeoning cast of Breacher for director David Ayer, joining the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard, Dawn Olivieri and Joe Manganiello.

The movie is about a corrupt team of DEA agents who rob a Mexican drug cartel’s safe house, under the guise of a routine raid. The agents think they are in the clear, but then the team start getting killed off, one by one. Akerman will play one of the agents. Variety described the film as a ‘testosterone-heavy riff on Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians’.

Skip Woods (The A-Team, A Good Day to Die Hard) wrote the screenplay. Production is scheduled to begin this October in Atlanta. (Source: Variety)