Mickey Rourke has joined the cast of the new action thriller “The Courier”.

It has been reported by The Wrap that he will appear alongside Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Morgan will play  “a courier who has taken on improbable missions and never missed a drop." The Hany Abu-Assad film will start shooting this month in New Orleans.

Morgan’s character is hired to deliver a briefcase to a notorious underworld figure who cannot be found. He finds himself being followed by cops, double-crossing federal agents and crime bosses. It has not been revealed what role Rourke will play in the movie.

The courier is hired to deliver a briefcase to a notorious underworld figure who can't be found, but soon finds himself pursued by corrupt cops, double-crossing federal agents and rival crime bosses.

Mickey Rourke’s next big releases on the big screen include “Immortals” and “Passion Play” with Megan Fox. He has also been mentioned for a role in Tony Scott’s “Potsdamer Platz” and he will also play a hit-man in “The Ice Man”.