Veteran genre film trilogy actor Hugo Weaving has been cast as title character V in V for Vendetta, which is in production now (see 'V for Vendetta Filming Soon') in Berlin.  Weaving played Agent Smith in the Matrix movies and Elrond in the Lord of the Rings series.  The cast also includes Stephen Rea and Stephen Fry.  Release has been scheduled for November 4th.

Does Weaving's involvement mean three V for Vendetta films?  Stay tuned!