Andre Benjamin, Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta and Martin Henderson are set to star opposite Charlize Theron in "Battle In Seattle" reports the trades.
The sub-$10 million ensemble film, utilising the same technique employed in the upcoming "Bobby", will focus on a dozen characters swept up in the protests that brought the World Trade Organisation's meeting to a halt in 1999.
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Seattle in what started out as a peaceful protest intended to stop the talks escalated into a riot and eventual state of emergency, with the National Guard called in.
Penned by Irish actor Stuart Townsend, who'll also make his directorial debut on the project. Five weeks of principal photography begins November 1st taking in locations around Vancouver, British Columbia and Seattle.
