Wherever the name of Iggy Pop appears, a bit of bizarre film casting is sure to follow. While The Passenger, a biopic of young Iggy (supposedly to be played by bug-eyed hobbit Elijah Wood – speaking of bizarre casting) seems to be in development limbo, the punk legend himself is keeping busy. Fresh off of playing a six-year-old version of ex-Defense Department maniac-in-chief Donald Rumsfeld on Comedy Central’s dismal Li’l’ Bush: Resident of the United States, Ig has decided to stick with animation, playing, of all things, the politically active uncle of Marjane Satrapi in the American version of her coming-of-age film Persepolis. Pop’s brother (and Satrapi’s father) will be voiced by Sean Penn. Go figure. — Leonard Pierce