Frank Langella joining Shia LaBeouf in "Wall Street 2"

Michael Douglas returns and Josh Brolin in talks

By HitFix Staff Sunday, Aug 9, 2009 11:21 PM

Frank Langella is oining the cast of Oliver Stone's "Wall Street" sequel.

Credit: AP Photo/Matt Sayles

Oliver Stone's "Wall Street" sequel, which currently has the cheesy title "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps," is continuing to recruit a high caliber of acting talent. Shia LaBeouf is already on board as a young Wall Street broker, Michael Douglas has agreed to reprise his Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gekko and Josh Brolin is also in talks to join the cast. Now, Variety reports Frank Langella will join the 20th Century Fox flick.

Langella will play an old-time broker who guides LaBeouf's character and whose fate is a major part of the film's plot.

An Oscar nominee earlier this year for his role as disgraced President Richard Nixon in "Frost/Nixon," Langella will be seen next in Richard Kelly's thriller "The Box" and Andrew Jarecki's "All Good Things" with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ryan Gosling and Kristen Dunst.

Production on "Wall Street 2" is expected to start this fall.