The rest of the cast is rounded up for War Horse

It’s time to go and straighten out the mistakes that have clearly been reported over and over again on the internet with Steven Spielberg’s War Horse. The biggest news of this entire piece is that Jeremy Irvine will be taking on the lead role of Albert, despite previous reports that Eddie Redmayne would be in the film. Along with that, there are other casting additions that include Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan, Niels Arestup, David Kross, Leonard Carow, Patrick Kennedy, Robert Emms and Benedict Cumberbatch.

War Horse traces the friendship between Joey, a farm horse sold into the British army and sent off to serve on the battlefields of France during World War 1, and Albert (Irvine), his young owner. Watson and Mullan play Albert’s parents (Empire Online).

The Michael Morpurgo novel is written for the big screen by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis. Principal photography is set to begin in London this August in order to reach it’s 2011 release date.