Josh Lucas Joins The 'Secondhand Lions'

Josh Lucas ("Sweet Home Alabama") next project will feature him with an ensemble of noted actors in New Line Cinema's "Secondhand Lions," reports The Hollywood Reporter.

Lucas joins a cast that includes Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick and Nicky Katt in a comedy from director Tim McCanlies.

"Lions" is a coming-of-age story about a young boy forced to spend the summer with his two eccentric great-uncles, each of whom has a mysterious, dangerous past. Lucas will play the grown-up version of Osment's character.