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"Gerard Butler has joined a new political action movie called Olympus Has Fallen.  The film focuses on a former Secret Service agent, to be played by Butler, trying to stop a terrorist attack on the White House. Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt have penned the script, while a director has yet to be hired, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Butler, who recently finished a stay in rehab for substance abuse, will be co-producing the film.  Also in the works for the 300 star is a role in a new diamond heist thriller called Brilliant, for which he was chosen to replace Eric Bana as lead.  Butler has recently starred in Coriolanus opposite Ralph Fiennes, who also directed.  Watch the trailer for Coriolanus below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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