Sean Penn and Ryan Gosling in Talks for ‘Gangster Squad’

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4:40 pm, April 21st, 2011

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Sean Penn and Ryan Gosling have reportedly opened talks to star in Gangster Squad, about famed Los Angeles mobster Mickey Cohen.

According to multiple reports, Penn would portray the sociopathic boxer-turned-gangster, with Gosling and Josh Brolin as the cops assigned to bring him down.

Production on the crime drama, directed by Zombieland‘s Ruben Fleischer, is set to begin in the fall.

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