Moore joins 'Jewtopia' cast

"Avatar" thesp Joel David Moore has arrived another male lead in Bryan Fogel's feature adaptation from the Off-Broadway hit "Jewtopia," which stars Ivan Sergei and Jennifer Love Hewitt, as Variety first reported. Trio is going to be encircled by a remarkable comic ensemble including Tom Arnold, Jon Lovitz, Nicollette Sheridan, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Rita Wilson, Wendie Malick, Camryn Manheim, Peter Stormare, Lin Shaye, Christine Lakin, Hayes MacArthur, Bree Turner and "Everyone Loves Raymond" creator Phil Rosenthal. Fogel co-authored the script together with his fellow "Jewtopia" playwright Mike Wolfson. Sergei plays a gentile who falls deeply in love with a Jewish girl (Hewitt) who's only thinking about getting married to a Jewish guy. Moore will have Sergei's Jewish closest friend who helps him make believe you be Jewish, but because the gentile goes much deeper into the field of Judaism, stereotypes collide, cultures clash, and chaos develops. "Race to Witch Mountain" helmer Andy Fickman is creating with Pavlina Hatoupis and Courtney Mizel. Pic, that has already began filming in La, is referred to like a mix between "Wedding Crashers" and "My Large Body fat Greek Wedding." Moore, who's slated to look in Oliver Stone's "Savages," next stars in David R. Ellis' "Shark Evening three dimensional," which Relativity Media opens Sept. 2. He's repped by Innovative Artists and Subterranean Films and Management. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com