New Gangster Squad trailer

Now with 100% less theater shootings and 50% more family friendly gun violence. I’m assuming there is such a thing.
Following the July Aurora shooting Gangster Squad changed its release date to January, removed the theater shooting that took place in the original print and reshot a few scenes. We’ll probably have to wait a few years to see what impact the new scenes have on the movie but the trailer is looking sharp. While Ryan Gosling took up most of the trailer much of its gravitas came from Nolte (Who’s looking more like The Thing from Fantastic Four these days. Just scary.) and Penn (who’s in a league of scary of his own). Brolin was almost missable. However, I trust we’ll see more of him in the movie.

 

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In theaters January 11

New Gangster Squad images

New images for Warner Bros’ Gangster Squad starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling have been released.

(via the official website)

Here’s the official synopsis:

“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. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop…except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.“

Directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) from a screenplay by Will Beall (TV’s Castle) Gangster Squad is described as “a colorful retelling of events surrounding the LAPD’s efforts to take back their nascent city from one of the most dangerous mafia bosses of all thime.”

It also stars:

“Oscar® nominee Nick Nolte (“Affliction,” “The Prince of Tides”) as LAPD Chief “Whiskey Bill” Parker; Emma Stone as Grace Faraday, Cohen’s moll and the object of Wooters’ attention; Robert Patrick (“Flags of Our Fathers”) as Officer Max Kennard, a deadly cop who patrols the Olvera Street beat; Michael Peña (“Battle Los Angeles”) as Kennard’s over-eager sidekick, Navidad Ramirez; Giovanni Ribisi (“Avatar”) as the force’s Conway Keeler, an electronics expert who takes as much pleasure in fixing his son’s bike as he does tinkering with experimental, military-grade equipment; and Anthony Mackie (“The Adjustment Bureau”) as Coleman Harris, a switchblade-wielding cop who proudly patrols one of the most crime-ridden areas of the city.“

In theaters on September 7.