Ian McShane, who plays Blackbeard in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, is going regal for his next role.
The actor has been cast to play a king in New Line's
Jack the Giant Killer, the Bryan Singer-directed retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale. Jack centers on a farm boy (Nicholas Hoult) who leads an expedition to free a princess (Eleanor Tomlinson) taken hostage by a giant, a situation that threatens the uneasy peace between humans and giants.