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Christian Bale To Star In 'Crazy Heart' Director Scott Cooper's 'Out Of The Furnace'; Robert Duvall Circling, Viggo Mortensen & More Being Sought
- By Kevin Jagernauth
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- February 24, 2012 4:06 PM
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- 6 Comments
For a moment there it seemed like "Crazy Heart" director Scott Cooper would just continually keep signing on to a bunch of stuff without ever shooting anything. Indeed, since country music movie became a big, Academy Award winning hit Cooper has put his name to plethora of projects including (take a deep breath): the western family feud saga "The Hatfields And The McCoys" with Brad Pitt attached; an adaptation of William Styron's "Lie Down In Darkness" with Jennifer Lawrence attached; an adaptation of Bob Dylan's "Brownsville Girl" also with Brad Pitt attached; a remake of the Argentinian thriller "Carancho"; former Noah Baumbach project "The Emperor's Children" and the conman tale "The Man In Rockefeller Suit." But it's a gig he took last summer that has now firmly take the pole position with a major star on board.
'Crazy Heart' Director Scott Cooper To Re-Write & Direct Black List Script 'The Low Dweller'
- By Kevin Jagernauth
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- April 11, 2011 10:58 AM
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- 1 Comment
Update: A press release from Relativity confirms the report and reveals the new title to be "Out Of The Furnace."
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