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Giovanni Ribisi Joins Warner Bros’ ‘The Gangster Squad’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday July 6, 2011 @ 6:16pm PDTTags: Film Casting, Giovanni Ribisi, Josh Brolin, Ruben Fleischer, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Will Beall

EXCLUSIVE: Giovanni Ribisi has landed a co-starring role in Warner Bros’ The Gangster Squad, the period crime drama Ruben Fleischer is directing that stars Sean Penn as Mickey Cohen, and Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin as members of the elite cop squad that are after him in 1949 Los Angeles. Anthony Mackie and Michael Pena also are aboard. Will Beall wrote the script. Langley Park Pictures and Lin Pictures are producing. Ribisi, repped by CAA and Management 360, will play Conway Keeler, a cop in the group who is a master of electronics and wires. He is currently shooting Universal’s Ted and next appears in FilmDistrict’s The Rum Diary opposite Johnny Depp.

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Warner Bros Sets ‘Gangster Squad’ Scribe For ‘Lethal Weapon’ Franchise Reboot

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday January 19, 2011 @ 6:29pm PSTTags: Joel Silver, Movie Deals, Movies, Warner Bros, Will Beall
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros and producer Joel Silver have set Will Beall to write Lethal Weapon, with a take that will relaunch the buddy cop series with a new cast. Beall, a former LA police officer who patrolled South Central and … Read More »

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Warner Bros Wants Ruben Fleischer To Lead ‘Gangster Squad’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 1, 2010 @ 1:31pm PSTTags: Ben Affleck, Darren Aronofsky, Gangster Squad, Movie Deals, Movies, Ruben Fleischer, Warner Bros, Will Beall
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has begun negotiations with Zombieland‘s Ruben Fleischer to direct Gangster Squad, the 40s crime drama that is regarded as one of the hotter scripts in the studio’s arsenal. The film is set in the 40s and  50s … Read More »

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