Brad's Next Movie 'the Place Beyond The Pines'

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Bradley Cooper's New Ryan Gosling Drama

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Bradley Cooper In 'The Place Beyond The Pines': Joins Ryan Gosling In Derek Ciafrance Movie
First Posted: 06/ 2/11 07:32 AM ET Updated: 06/ 2/11 07:56 AM ET

Following the great financial success and critical failure of "The Hangover: Part II," Bradley Cooper is turning his eye to a role that could offer the completely opposite outcome.

After reporting in May that he was in talks for the film, Variety now reports that Bradley Cooper has signed on to star in "The Place Beyond The Pines," joining Ryan Gosling in a crime drama from Gosling's "Blue Valentine" director, Derek Ciafrance.

According to the report, Gosling will play a pro motorcyclist who becomes a thief to support his son, while Cooper will take on the part of a rookie cop who becomes his rival.

The film is another turn toward the dramatic for Cooper; after breaking through with "Wedding Crashers," "The Hangover," and "The A-Team," he headlined his first film, the thriller drama "Limitless." That movie opened the box office at number one, establishing Cooper as a legitimate topliner in Hollywood.

The film begins shooting this summer; Cooper will also, it seems, eventually star as Lucifer in a big screen adaptation of Milton's seminal work, "Paradise Lost."

Cooper also has loftier goals; he hopes to one day direct a film, and has written a spec script for a big screen adaptation of the science fiction book series, "Hyperion."

Bradley Cooper set for ‘Place Beyond the Pines’

Bradley Cooper is getting serious following “The Hangover Part II,” closing a deal to topline multi-generational crime drama “The Place Beyond the Pines” opposite Ryan Gosli…

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Bradley Cooper set for 'Place Beyond the Pines'
Thesp will topline with Ryan Gosling in crime drama
By Dave McNary, Jeff Sneider
Posted: Wed., Jun. 1, 2011, 5:36pm PT

Bradley Cooper is getting serious following "The Hangover Part II," closing a deal to topline multi-generational crime drama "The Place Beyond the Pines" opposite Ryan Gosling.

Variety first reported last month that Cooper -- whose newfound stardom drove Relativity's "Limitless" to $143 million worldwide gross -- had been offered a role as a rookie police officer in "Pines," which Sidney Kimmel Entertainment will finance and produce.

Pic's been in development since last year, with "Blue Valentine" writer-director Derek Cianfrance helming from a script he co-wrote with Ben Coccio ("Zero Day").

Sierra/Affinity is handle foreign sales on "Pines."

Gosling will play a pro motorcycle rider who turns to bank robberies to support his newborn son when he crosses paths with a cop. Principal photography's expected to start July 25 in Schenectady, N.Y.

Sidney Kimmel, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof will produce. Howell, Orlovsky and Patricof also produced "Blue Valentine," which starred Gosling. Cooper's set to star in the indie drama "The Words," which marks the directorial debut of "Tron Legacy" scribes Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal.