Gyllenhaal set for comedy role

Maggie Gyllenhaal will star in new comedy 'Frank'.

The 'Hysteria' actress has been cast as the female lead in Lenny Abrahamson's film about an aspiring musician - played by 'Anna Karenina's Domhnall Gleeson - who joins a rock band led by eccentric frontman Frank (Michael Fassbender) only to discover things aren't quite what they seem.