#94. The Gangster Squad
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Writer(s): Will Beall
Producers: Dan Lin (The Box), Kevin McCormick and Michael Tadross
Distributor: Warner Bros.
The Gist: Scripted by Will Beall, and based on L.A. Times’ recent seven-part series “Tales From the Gangster Squad”, this explores Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and—if he has his way—every wire bet placed west of Chicago…(more)
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Josh Pence, Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Giovanni Ribisi
List Worthy Reasons…: Among the very few studio projects on this top 100 list, we’re picking this one for the obvious dream cast (Gosling, Penn, Brolin) and the era that it is set in (less than a decade before L.A. Confidential). Our guys with guns guilty pleasure of the year is helmed by Ruben Fleischer – this is his third outing after Zomebieland and 30 Minutes or Less.
Release Date/Status?: Warner Bros. is releasing the pic on October 19th.
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