Cheyenne Jackson cast in "Shifting the Canvas" film...

With his leading man looks and overwhelming talent, it was only a matter of time before Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson hit the big screen. The star of "Xanadu" has just signed on to appear in director Chuck Griffith's highly anticipated, New York-inspired film, "Shifting the Canvas."

The film that tells the story about a group of artists living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn who struggle to maintain a rather dysfunctional family of friends in a post-9/11 world challenged by gentrification, deception and sterilization. The openly gay actor will be playing Jens, a straight Ivy League type who works on Wall Street with Denton, a young gay character recently relocated to New York from the South, who is trying to reconcile his newfound sexuality and relationship with everybody around him.

The film will also star Scott Thompson (Kids in the Hall), John Paul Pitoc (Trick), Gedde Watanabe (Sixteen Candles), Matthew Montgomery (Long-Term Relationship) and various cameo appearances by New York nightlife icons.