J.K. Simmons (Up in the Air) has signed on to star in Contraband, the currently-in-production remake of Icelandic thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam.

Simmons will star opposite Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Lukas Haas, Giovanni Ribisi, Diego Luna, Caleb Landry Jones, Robert Wahlberg and Jaqueline Fleming.

A security guard (Wahlberg) with financial troubles considers a return to his smuggling ways when an associate offers a potentially lucrative opportunity.

Baltasar Kormákur (The Sea) is directing from a script by Aaron Guzikowski.

Contraband will be released in the UK on March 16, 2012.

Source: AV Club