Posted: Tue., Aug. 8, 2006, 9:00pm PT

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'Kingdom' crowns Piven

Thesp will play conniving American diplomat in Berg pic

Jeremy Piven has been cast in "The Kingdom," joining Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman in the Peter Berg-directed drama for Universal.

Michael Mann and Scott Stuber produce the Matthew Carnahan script.

Piven will play a conniving American diplomat in Saudi Arabia who assists an FBI team sent to the Middle East to capture terrorists responsible for an attack on Americans working in Riyadh.

Piven, who stars in HBO's "Entourage," appears with Berg in Joe Carnahan's "Smokin' Aces," which Universal and Working Title release in March.

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