Most of the recent talk about Bradley Cooper has been in regards to his possible future projects, including The Crow, **Paradise Lost **and the script he wants to write based on sci-fi novel Hyperion. But after a month’s worth of chatter about him being offered the movie, the actor has now locked in Derek Cianfrance’s T****he Place Beyond the Pines as his next confirmed job.
The writer/director has been developing the crime saga for a year now, roping in his Blue Valentine star Ryan Gosling to play a pro motorcycle rider who turns to robbing banks to support his child. When he crosses paths with a police officer (Cooper, now that he’s signed), their confrontation sparks a feud that draws fuel from a simmering, generations-old conflict.
Having co-written the script with Ben Coccio, Cianfrance will kick off shooting next month. Given that this is the man who made** Valentine**, we’re excited to see him bring his moody style to another genre.
Once he’s finished with Pines, Cooper will head to the set of The Words, where he’ll play a man who discovers there’s a serious downside to stealing someone else’s words. That film will find him starring alongside Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid. After that? Who knows – though after this weekend's box office results, we have a suspicion that Warner Bros. might be waiting with a sack to kidnap him and ship him off somewhere exotic for The Hangover 3...