Richard Ayoade joins 'Neighborhood Watch'

British thesp Richard Ayoade has showed up the role of Jamarcus inside the Akiva Schaffer-helmed Fox comedy "Neighborhood Watch."Thesp, who recently written and helmed the Weinstein Company comedy "Submarine," joins stars Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Rosemarie Dewitt.Shawn Levy will produce "Watch" in the script by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg.Pic centers around several concerned neighbors who form a neighborhood watch group to avoid crime -- only to uncover a bigger conspiracy.Ayoade, most broadly noted for his role just like a frizzy-haired computer geek on British sitcom "The IT Crowd," showed up a coveted role in "Watch" after filmmakers were also hoping to get Chris Tucker for your part.PBJ Management and WME repetition the multi-hyphenate. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com