Grant to star in Cloud Atlas

HUGH Grant has signed up to star alongside Halle Berry and Tom Hanks in the big-screen adaptation of Cloud Atlas.

The film, out next year, is based on British author David Mitchell’s best-selling 2004 novel, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

The unconventionally structured novel of interlinking narratives charts the story of one soul across the centuries.

Oscar-winners Berry and Hanks have already been announced as stars of the film, which also features British actors Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess and The Hour’s Ben Whishaw.

Filming begins this month in Glasgow.