Billy Connolly is to play a time-travelling history professor who ends up stranded in 14th century France in "Timeline," reports Ananova.He joins a host of other British stars including Anna Friel and her partner David Thewlis.
The time-travel Paramount Pictures movie is based on a best-selling thriller by Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton.
A spokesman for the studio says that Connolly will star in the film, currently shooting in Montreal, Canada, as Professor Edward Johnston who goes missing during an archeological dig at a medieval site in France.
The role reteams the 59-year-old Glaswegian with fellow Scot Gerry Butler who made his film debut as Connolly's brother in "Mrs Brown".
Welsh actor Michael Sheen, the long-term partner of actress Kate Beckinsale, also stars in "Timeline".
Directed by Richard Donner, best known for the "Lethal Weapon" series, the plot focuses on a group of archaeologists and students working on a French dig.
Friel, 25, plays Lady Claire, a 14th century heroine whom the students meet during their time-travels, in the £60 million film.