Schwarzenegger's Last Stand Gains Forest Whitaker And Johnny Knoxville

  

It will be the first film project for Arnold Schwarzenegger after leaving office as the governor of California. The action flick from Korean director Kim Jee-Woon (The Good, The Bad, The Weird) has gained a cast including Peter Stormare and Thor's Jaimie Alexander. Today Lionsgate announced that Last Stand has begun filming in New Mexico and Nevada, featuring two noteworthy new cast additions: Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker and frequent Jackass Johnny Knoxville.

Last Stand stars Schwarzenegger as Sheriff Owens, a former LAPD cop turned small-town sheriff in the border-town community of Sommerton Junction. Still carrying the guilt of an operation gone wrong that left his former partner crippled, Owens finds himself forced once again into a high-stakes situation after a drug kingpin stages a daring escape from an FBI prisoner convoy and makes a run for the border along a route that will take him and his cohorts straight through Owens' town.

Last Stand originated as a spec script by screenwriter Andrew Knauer, his only credited script so far. Unsurprisingly for a first produced script, Last Stand was later rewritten by another writer, in this case Jeffrey Nachmanoff (The Tourist).

While the press release notes the inclusion of Whitaker and Knoxville, it doesn't provide any hints as to who they'll be playing. We'll keep you posted on further details as we get closer to Last Stand's January 18th, 2013 release date. You can check out the text of the press release below.