Trio Added to Disney's Antarctica

Jason Biggs ("American Pie" films), Bruce Greenwood (I, Robot) and Moon Bloodgood have joined Paul Walker in Walt Disney Pictures rescue adventure Antarctica.

The story, based on a National Geographic article, starts with two explorers who set out across Antarctica but are forced to abandon their sled dogs in bitter weather and turn back. Walker plays the leader of an effort to rescue the dogs.

Biggs plays the field engineer at the base, Greenwood a university professor who joins Walker on the expedition. Bloodgood plays a pilot who helps them.

The Frank Marshall-directed film started shooting February 21 in British Columbia.

Daily Variety 3/17/05