Lots of casting news this week, and here is a short summary of who will star in what soon:

• Sigourney Weaver and Alia Shawkat are joining John C. Reilly, Ed Helms and Anne Heche in Miguel Arteta's comedy "Cedar Rapids," about man (Helms) sent to represent his company and save his colleagues' jobs at a regional insurance conference in Cedar Rapids. (Variety)

• Gerard Butler ("Law Abiding Citizen") is in talks to join Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut "Coriolanus," an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Roman tragedy. Butler would play Tullus Aufidius, commander of the Volscian army. Also on board: Fiennes, William Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave and Jessica Chastain. (THR)

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Ralph Fiennes is stepping behind the camera for his directorial debut "Coriolanus," and William Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave and Jessica Chastain will star in the big-screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's Roman tragedy. Fiennes plays the title role - a soldier spurred by his mother to run for the Roman Senate.

John Logan, the guy behind "The Last Samurai" and "The Aviator," is writing the script for the film, which is set to shoot in early 2010. Fiennes last starred in the wonderful "The Reader." He will also soon be seen in a number of interesting projects, including "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" and "Clash of the Titans."

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Here's your dose of daily film news for Feb. 6, 2009:

• Mickey Rourke is set to star in Walter Hill's thriller "St. Vincent," about a hit man who returns to the Big Apple to finish a failed attempt to murder an informant. Cameron Young wrote the screenplay. Hill also directed the excellent television western "Broken Trail." (Variety)

• Ralph Fiennes will make his debut as director with "Coriolanus," the big-screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's Roman tragedy. According to Variety, Fiennes will also play the "contemptuous soldier spurred on by his ambitious mother to run for the Roman Senate, which ultimately leads to his downfall."

• Camilla Belle, Peter O'Toole, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Al Pacino and Jessica Lange are set to star in Alejandro Agresti's "Mary, Mother of Christ." Belle will play Mary, and Meyers is set for the roles of Gabriel and Lucifer. Pacino plays Herod, with Lange starring as Anna the Prophetess (Variety)

• Timothy Hutton is the latest to join Roman Polanski's upcoming flick "The Ghost." The film focuses on a ghostwriter who’s under pressure to finish the memoir of a former prime minister. Hutton plays the latter's American lawyer. Also starring are Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Wilkinson, James Belushi and Kim Cattrall. (The Hollywood Reporter)