Friday, June 17, 2011

Ben Finds His "Place"

Ben Mendelsohn is in negotiations to join the cast of the multi-generational crime drama "The Place Beyond the Pines says Variety.



The film will see Ryan Gosling play a pro motorcycle rider who turns to bank robberies to support his newborn son when he crosses paths with Bradley Cooper’s cop.

Mendelsohn will play Robin Van Der Zee, a mechanic who takes a shine to Gosling and brings him into his bank robbing operation.

Eva Mendes and Greta Gerwig play the wives of Gosling and Cooper

Blue Valentine writer-director Derek Cianfrance will direct from a script he co-wrote with Ben Coccio.

Sidney Kimmel, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky, and Jamie Patricof will produce. the pic

Shooting kicks off July 25th in Schenectady, New York.

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