Gordon-Levitt goes for cancer comedy

We just can’t get enough of Joseph Gordon-Levitt these days.

Which is good, because he’s a busy fella. Having premiered his well-received Hesher at Sundance earlier this year, he’s just committed to another project, this time replacing James McAvoy in Seth Rogen’s untitled cancer comedy.

The flick was originally called I’m With Cancer , and is based on screenscribe Will Reiser’s true-life battle with the disease when he was only in his 20s.

"It's incredibly unfortunate that circumstances outside of everyone's control have taken James away from the project,” said Rogen, the film’s star and producer. “But, with James' blessing, we were able to have Joseph step in to take on the role of Adam. We all look forward to working with James in the future.”

The rest of the cast includes Anjelica Huston, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard and Philip Baker Hall.

McAvoy is reportedly gutted at having to depart the project, but Gordon-Levitt is a fantastic replacement. The former Third Rock From The Sun star is making a name for himself as somebody who takes fascinating and varied parts, delivering multi-layered performances in some really interesting flicks.

You can catch him next in Chris Nolan's Inception .

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Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.