Topher Grace in Talks for Christopher Nolan's INTERSTELLAR

Topher Grace may be the next actor to sign on for Christopher Nolan's ensemble sci-fi thriller INTERSTELLAR.

According to Deadline, Grace is currently in negotiations for a supporting role. Should the deal go through, he would join previously announced Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck, John Lithgow, Bill Irwin and Mackenzie Foy.

Nolan directs from a script written by himself and his brother Jonathan Nolan. Not much has been revealed about the plot, which centers on a group of space explorers who get sucked through wormhole and end up in another dimension.

For the original report, head on over to Deadline.

Grace has previously appeared in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, Paul Weitz's In Good Company, Spider-Man 3, Valentine's Day, Predators, P.S., Mona Lisa Smile and Win a Date with Tad Hamilton, as well as his seven year run as Eric Forman on the popular TV series, "That '70's Show." He was recently featured in The Big Wedding, also starring Robert DeNiro, Diane Keaton and Amanda Seyfried, and The Giant Mechanical Man, opposite Jenna Fischer and Malin Ackerman. Grace also lead the cast of Second Stage's LONELY, I'M NOT last year.

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