Heavyweight actor Michael Chiklis has joined the cast of “Eagle Eye”. Best known for his portrayal of corrupt cop Vic Mackey on “The Shield” and as superhero crimefighter Ben Grimm in the two “Fantastic Four” films, Chiklis will play the U.S. secretary of defense in the D.J. Caruso directed thriller.

The movie is about a slacker (“Transformers” Shia LaBeouf) and his single mother (“Mission: Impossible III” star Michelle Monaghan) who must infiltrate a cell of terrorists when they are framed as criminals. Together the two are the only hope of stopping the terrorists from carrying out a political assassination.

Billy Bob Thornton, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Azizi and Anthony Mackie also star in the DreamWorks picture. The movie had stopped filming over the holidays but has now resumed production. Work should be completed next month and it will be in theaters this coming August.

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