There's continuing hope that the film The Mutant Chronicles will have some weight behind it, with the announcement that Stephen Rea and Ron Perlman will be joining the movie alongside John Malkovich and Thomas Jane.

From Yahoo:

German actor Benno Furmann ("Joyeux Noel") also has joined the cast of the indie production, set to begin shooting in the summer with director Simon Hunter.

Rea plays the former commander of Lieutenant Mitch Hunter (Jane), a 23rd century Marine who tries to save Earth by leading a band of soldiers against evil NecroMutants. Perlman portrays the leader of a religious sect who thinks he can destroy the mutants and save the planet, recruiting Hunter to join him.

Furmann portrays Hunter's former nemesis who joins him to fight for the greater good, and Malkovich appears as the head of a council of corporations that rule the Earth.

It does sound interesting, although we know that a weighty cast does not always make for a good movie...Sometimes you can have a big cast and a huge fantasy epic, but the Director can turn it into a poor movie very easily. No prizes.