The cast for Prisoners is getting incredibly good, with Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano, Viola Davis, and Maria Bello already attached to the film, and they’ve now been joined by Terrence Howard, according to Deadline.
Denis Villeneuve (Incendies) is set to direct, with Hugh Jackman as a distraught father who takes the law into his own hands to find his kidnapped daughter, when he think the authorities aren’t doing enough. He clashes with a big city detective (Jake Gyllenhaal) who is assigned to the case.
Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband) wrote the screenplay, with filming on the movie set to begin in February. An autumn 2013 release is being eyed.
Maria Bello has joined the growing cast of Prisoners for Warner Bros. and director Denis Villeneuve (Incendies), according to 
Paul Dano is currently seeing success in Looper, and now he’s got another role in a major movie, as he has signed on to star in Prisoners for director Denis Villeneuve, according to 
It’s always worth adding Melissa Leo to the cast of a film, as she’s a remarkably adaptable actress who can morph into virtually any role asked of her and give a great performance (as proved by her Oscar win for The Fighter). Denis Villeneuve must agree, as 
Some people would already consider Jake Gyllenhaal an enemy, as the actor manages to bring out a strange and rather inexplicable sense of loathing in some. We like him here though! And now Jake’s in talks to star in an film called An Enemy for director Denis Villeneuve (Incendies).
Prisoners is one of those projects that lots of people in Hollywood seems excited about, but for various reasons it’s ended up being passed from director to director and actor to actor and never actually going into production.