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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The brilliant Helen Mirren, who recently delivered a powerful performance as newspaper editor in "State of Play," has joined Sam Riley and Andrea Riseborough in Rowan Joffe's upcoming film "Brighton Rock." Also joining the cast is Pete Postlethwaite ("In The Name of the Father").

As Variety points out, the film is based on Graham Greene's novel "Brighton Rock." The story follows a young gangster who marries a waitress in order to protect himself and keep her quiet after she witnesses him murdering somebody.

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Sam Worthington is set to star alongside Helen Mirren in John Madden’s “The Debt,” a remake of Assaf Bernstein’s Israeli film “Ha-Hov.”

According to Variety, Worthington and Mirren will play Israeli intelligence agents who hunt down a Nazi war criminal.

Madden, whose credits include “Shakespeare in Love,” is directing a script by Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman.

Worthington recently wrapped filming for McG’s “Terminator Salvation.” He is currently filming “Last Night” with Keira Knightley and Eva Mendes.

Helen Mirren is set to star in John Madden’s thriller “The Debt,” a remake of the 2007 Israeli film “Ha-Hov,” according to Variety.

Assaf Bernstein’s original film follows three Israeli intelligence agents who catch a Nazi war criminal during the 1960s but never grant him an official trail.

But more than 30 years later, when their target’s escape threatens to expose their old cover-up, one of the agents is forced to track him down and eliminate him once and for all.

Mirren plays one of the Mossad agents in the project, which begins production next year.

Mirren, who won an Oscar for her performance in “The Queen,” was last seen in “National Treasure: Book of Secrets.” She will next star in Iain Softley’s adventure “Inkheart,” due in theaters Jan. 9, 2009.