Los Angeles: "Superman Returns" star Brandon Routh has joined the cast of live-action "Anastasia" movie.

He joins previously announced Emily Carey as Anastasia and Amiah Miller to perform the role of Megan.

Routh will essay the role of Czar Nicholas in the Blake Harris-directed film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Set in 1917, the film tells the classic story of Anastasia Romanov escaping through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and finding herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.