Tenth Doctor Who David Tennant Cast in Fright Night!!

This is one piece of casting news that I was so happy to read about I may have been fapping a bit around the office.

The story broke over The Hollywood Reporter that former Doctor Who star David Tennant has been cast as Peter Vincent, the role originally played by Roddy McDowall in the original Fright Night movie and it's sequel. He will be joined by Christopher Mintz-Plasse who will play the role of Charlie:

David Tennant, best known for starring in the BBC series “Doctor Who,” and Christopher Mintz-Plasse are joining the cast of “Fright Night,” DreamWorks’ remake of the cult 1985 film.
Tennant and Mintz-Plasse join Anton Yelchin as Charlie, a teen convinced that his new neighbor (Colin Farrell) is a vampire. Toni Collette is the teen’s disbelieving mom, who falls under the vampire’s spell.

Tennant will play Peter Vincent, a character who in the original movie was played by Roddy McDowall as the host of a late-night horror show. In the remake, he’s a Las Vegas magician whose show revolves around horror-movie imagery. Vincent claims to be a vampire expert, but when the teen turns to him for assistance, he’s less than helpful.

Mintz-Plasse is playing Evil Ed, Yelchin’s friend who feels slighted that Charlie has left his nerdy past behind and thus joins the vampire’s coven.

The movie marks the first real foray into America for Tennant. He starred in the NBC pilot “Rex Is Not Your Lawyer,” but it did not get picked up. He is repped by UTA and Independent Talent Group.

[The Hollywood Reporter]

I'm really happy for Tennant in nabbing what will be a substantial role for him in order to finally break the North American movie market. I wish him all the best!