Source: Hollywood Reporter

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Forest Whitaker has signed on to co-star in the Pete Travis-helmed thriller VANTAGE POINT for Columbia Pictures. Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox and William Hurt already have boarded the project.

Penned by Barry Levy, the story chronicles an attempt to assassinate the U.S. president in Madrid and is told from five points of view, unfolding in 15-minute increments. Whitaker will play an American tourist who captures video footage of the would-be assassin.

The actor has garnered advance praise for his turn as Idi Amin in the upcoming drama "The Last King of Scotland." He recently wrapped Jieho Lee's ensemble drama "The Air I Breathe" and is voicing a character in Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are."