Zooey Deschanel Joins Shyamalan's 'Happening'

Zooey Deschanel has inked to star with Mark Wahlberg in M. Night Shyamalan's 20th Century Fox thriller "The Happening." Helmer's "Unbreakable" and "Sixth Sense" producer Barry Mendel will produce with Sam Mercer.

Pic tells the story of a man who takes his family on the run when an apocalyptical natural crisis threatens to end civilization; lensing starts in August in Philadelphia.