Biggs
Walt Disney Pictures has added "American Pie" star Jason Biggs to the cast of rescue adventure "Antarctica."
Also joining the ensemble of the Paul Walker starrer are Bruce Greenwood ("I, Robot") and Moon Bloodgood. Story, based on a National Geographic article, starts with two explorers who set out across Antarctica but are forced to abandon their sled dogs in bitter weather and turn back. Walker plays the leader of an effort to rescue the dogs.
Biggs plays the field engineer at the base, Greenwood a university professor who joins Walker on the expedition. Bloodgood plays a pilot who helps them.
"Antarctica" started shooting Feb. 21 in British Columbia. Mandeville Films is producing and Frank Marshall is helming.
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