Taylor Swift is a 'Giver,' not a taker

Haley Blum | USA TODAY

Taylor Swift is taking a leap back onto the big screen.

The singer will join the cast of The Giver, the New York Daily Post reports, joining Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges in the film adaption of the 1993 dystopian children's novel.

Swift will play the Chief Elder, who — in a seemingly utopian society void of sickness, racism and pain — is in charge of doling out tasks to the young, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie will shoot in Cape Town, South Africa.

Australian actor Brenton Thwaites will star as Jonas, a young boy chosen to be the Receiver of Memories who eventually develops a mentorship with The Giver, played by Bridges, to help him handle the beyond-burdensome task. Thwaites and Swift reportedly hit it off when they met at this year's Toronto Film Festival.

Fellow Aussie Phil Noyce will be in the director's chair.

The singer was previously featured in 2010's ensemble-cast Valentine's Day with then-boyfriend Taylor Lautner, and in the season two finale of Fox's New Girl, she made a surprise appearance. She also voiced Audrey in 2012's The Lorax.