FOREST WHITAKER IN PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER: Actor joins Adrien Brody and Elijah Wood for remake of Germany's 'Das Experiment.'

       The original film centered on a group of ordinary men recruited to take on the roles of guards and prisoners as part of a research study and examined how the effects of assigned roles, power and control affected the participants.       

       Brody will portray the de facto leader of the prisoners while Whitaker will play a guard who's corrupted by the power he's given, reports Variety.      

       "Prison Break" creator Paul Scheuring is directing from his screenplay. Filming begins in Iowa next month.       

       Whitaker, meanwhile, stars in the upcoming "Where the Wild Things Are," "Repossession Mambo" and "My Own Love Song." He's also set to star in, direct and co-write the Louis Armstrong biopic "What a Wonderful World."