Adam Arkin cast in 'Serious Man'

'Life' actor boards Coen bros' dark comedy

By MICHAEL FLEMING

Adam Arkin has joined "A Serious Man," the film that Joel and Ethan Coen are shooting in Minnesota for Focus Features and Working Title Films.

Arkin, who's a series regular on NBC's "Life," joins Michael Stuhlbarg and Richard Kind, who play brothers in the black comedy, which takes place in 1967.

Arkin's repped by ICM and Principal Entertainment.

The Coens wrote the script and produce. Working Title's Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are exec producers.