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Currently in front of cameras with Will Smith in the sci-fi thriller 'I, Robot' for 20th Century Fox, McBride has closed a deal to join Steven Spielberg 's 'Terminal' opposite Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones for DreamWorks Pictures.
Shooting is scheduled to start in September in Los Angeles.
'Terminal' sees Hanks star as a Balkan immigrant in the United States who makes an airport transit lounge his home after he learns that the borders of his war-torn nation have been blurred, voiding his passport and leaving him without a country.
Making friends among the airport employees, including a baggage handler (McBride), he falls in love with a flight attendant (Zeta-Jones), which prompts his escape a year later.
Fellow Fox network star Bernie Mac had been negotiating for the role, but that deal fell apart, and McBride stepped in.
McBride's other feature credits include 'Cradle 2 the Grave', 'Undercover Brother', 'Narc' and 'Gone in Sixty Seconds'.
Producing 'Terminal' -- from a script by Sacha Gervasi and Jeff Nathanson -- are DreamWorks co-heads Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald along with Spielberg.
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