It's official: Ray Winstone as Beowulf, Angelina Jolie as Grendel's mother, and the ever reliable Danny Glover as the monster Grendel. According to the article, Zemeckis "will use 'performance-capture' technology, which transforms the actors into creepy plasticine replicas with no souls," as in The Polar Express.
I smell:

But we'll have to wait for 2007. As an enthusiastic Cast Away booster, I won't close the door completely on it.

