Someone was listening to Meryl Streep’s acceptance speech at the SAG Awards, when she told somebody to give her Doubt costar and fellow Oscar nominee Viola Davis a movie. Davis has joined the cast of Law Abiding Citizen, now shooting in Philadelphia, Variety reports. Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler star in the film, which is said to center on a man seeking justice from the assistant district attorney who prosecuted (we’re guessing, poorly) the killers of his murdered wife and daughter years earlier.

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The comedy troupe that brought you Super Troopers is taking on the world of entourages. In Freeloaders, a group of men (and the token woman) find their quality of life threatened when the rock star whose crib they crash in decides to sell his home. Variety and The Hollywood Reporter have the cast lineup, which includes: The Kids in the Hall‘s Dave Foley, Jane Seymour, Josh Lawson, Brit Morgan, Olivia Munn, Clifton Collins, Jr., Kevin Sussman, Nat Faxon, and Warren Hutchinson, as well as producers Broken Lizard and Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz in cameos.

Step Up‘s Channing Tatum will star in a movie adaption of David Morrell’s best-selling thriller The Brotherhood of the Rose, Variety reports. The novel revolves around two orphans, trained by their CIA operative foster-dad to be assassins, who reunite when they separately find themselves as targets and wonder why. Tatum clearly enjoys life under the gun: He costars in July’s Michael Man-directed gangster flick Public Enemies opposite Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, and in August’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

The Day the Earth Stood Still director Scott Derrickson will helm Hyperion Cantos for Warner Bros. and GK Films, Variety reports. The movie will be based on two Dan Simmons’ novels: Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion. Writer Trevor Sands (Inside) will meld the two sci-fi novels into one movie. The story, set in the distant future, is about a war threateningthe planet Hyperion, known for the Time Tombs — large artifacts that can movethrough time and are guarded by a gruesome monster called the Shrike.

Mickey Rourke will star in Indian writer and director Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s debut Hollywood feature, Broken Horses, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project, being described as a "gangster caper," is based on an original story by Chopra now being turned into a screenplay by Indian writer Abhijat Joshi and script consultant Jason Richman (Bangkok Dangerous). Chopra is one of India’s best-known filmmakers. His resume includes Parinda (Bird) and Lage Raho Munnabhai (Keep Going Munnabhai). Rourke up for a Best Actor Oscar this year for his performance in The Wrestler.