John Goodman Cast In 'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close'

Briefly: 2011 could be a good year for John Goodman and his fans. He'll be seen in Kevin Smith's Red State, and looks to be part of The Artist (with James Cromwell and Penelope Ann Miller) and Thicker (with Alison Pill, Guy Pearce and Christopher Lloyd). And now he's been cast alongside Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.Stephen Daldry's film is based on a script by Eric Roth that adapts the Jonathan Safran Foer novel about Oskar (played by newcomer Thomas Horn), a young boy who deals with the death of his father, a 9/11 victim, by exploring New York City looking for clues related to a key left in his father's possessions. John Goodman will play the doorman in Oskar's building, who takes part in a crucial aspect of the boy's story. [Reuters]