Olivia Munn Joins 'Ride Along 2'; 'Ant-Man' Adds David Dastmalchian; Lyndsy Fonseca is 'The Escort'

* Olivia Munn is set to join the returning Ice Cube and Kevin Hart in Ride Along 2, the sequel to this year's $153M-grossing cop comedy. Tim Story is again directing with film to begin soon for release on January 15th 2016. Rumors are the story will take the action to Miami with Benjamin Bratt playing some sort of role.  Munn will be seen next in Scott Derrickson's horror, Deliver Us from Evil.

* David Dastmalchian, who made his acting debut as one of the Joker's henchman in The Dark Knight, is jumping to Marvel for an unspecified role in Ant-Man. He joins a cast led by Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas with Peyton Reed directing for release on July 17th 2015.

* Lyndsy Fonseca (How I Met Your Mother, Kick-Ass 2) has taken the title role in romantic comedy, The Escort, an indie film that also stars Michael Doneger, Rumer Willis and Bruce Campbell. Will Slocombe (Cold Turkey)directs the story co-written by Doneger that "tracks a sex-obsessed journalist who throws himself into the world of high class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute." [Deadline]

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Kevin Hart, Ice Cube, and Tim Story Returning for 'Ride Along 2'

Long before the Kevin Hart and Ice Cube comedy Ride Along made bank at the box office, Universal had already set in motion their plans for a sequel. So it's not exactly a surprise to learn they've locked up both actors, plus director Tim Story.

Deadline reports that Hart, Cube, Story, plus screenwriters Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi are returning for Ride Along 2. Even though the first film has hit the $120M mark by focusing heavily on the humor, the sequel will "have more action" and be more of a multi-cultural experience to maximize the audience.

Universal isn't wasting any time, either, with plans for production to begin in June or July, meaning we should see it some time in 2015 which is also when we'll see him team with Will Ferrell in Get Hard. With Think Like a Man Too coming later this year, plus two more potential hits in the next, there seems to be no stopping Hart's momentum.

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