“Scrubs” star John C. McGinley is the latest to join the eclectic cast of director Rob Cohen’s (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor) I, Alex Cross, an adaptation of the James Patterson novel and a reboot of the Alex Cross franchise which starred Morgan Freeman in Paramount Pictures’ Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider.

McGinley will play police chief Richard Brookwell, a verbose and short-tempered man who is constantly annoyed by man-child and daydreamer J.D. at Sacred Heart Hospital. Costars includes Matthew Fox (“LOST”), Jean Reno (The Professional), Ed Burns (One Missed Call), and Tyler Perry as Alex Cross-dresser.

The funnyman’s genre creds include David Fincher’s Seven, James Mangold’s awesome psych-thriller Identity, the Ice T vehicle Surviving the Game, Highlander II, and Hear No Evil with Marlee Matlin (Does that chick ever do non-deaf roles? Talk about comfort zone. Jeez).

I, Alex Cross goes into production this month in Cleveland.