Los Angeles, Aug 26 - Megan Fox, who was recently crowned Sexiest Woman, has signed up to play Catwoman in the upcoming Batman movie.

According to thesun.co.uk, Fox follows in the footsteps of Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry. All the other stars who have reinvented the Batman films are back on board, including Christian Bale, Michael Caine and director Christopher Nolan.

Shooting for the film will start next year but the movie will not be released till 2011. The last movie in the series called 'The Dark Knight' that had late Heath Ledger as The Joker was a phenomenal success.