Meryl Streep is set to join the cast of New Line's Middle East political thriller
Rendition, says Variety.
Streep, who joins Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon, will portray a government official who approves the transfer -- the so-called rendition -- to a Middle East country of a suspect in a suicide bombing.
The project, helmed by Gavin Hood, began production last week. Streep will film her scenes in Los Angeles in the next few days.