Twilight star joins cancer movie

Reuters

MAKING FUN: Anna Kendrick has also joined the cast of an untitled cancer comedy.

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Anna Kendrick, riding high off her performance in Up in the Air, has also joined the cast of an untitled cancer dramatic comedy starring James McAvoy.

McAvoy stars as a 25-year-old who learns he has cancer, a character based on the real experiences of screenwriter Will Reiser who was diagnosed with cancer in his mid-20s and successfully battled the disease over several years.

Kendrick will a young psychologist assigned to handle his case despite her lack of real life experience. Seth Rogen also has a role in the film.

Jonathan Levine (The Wackness) will direct the Mandate Pictures project, replacing Nicole Holofcener who jumped ship due to locations differences in November.

The film will begin principal photography next month in 2010 in Vancouver, which is incidentally Rogen's home town.

Kendrick, who also appears in the Twilight movies, will next be seen in Scott Pilgrim vs the World with Michael Cera.