Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Peña Joins "Squad"

Michael Peña has joined the cast of The Gangster Squad says THR

Based on a series of LA Times articles, the true story tale follows a secret "off the record" police task force in the 1940 who pursued high-profile gangster Mickey Cohen a member of the so-called Jewish Mob.

Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin also star.
Will Beall, a former LAPD officer who patrolled South Central and wrote the novel L.A. Rex penned the script.

Pena's role is currently unknown He worked with Squad Director Ruben Fleischer on the just completed comedy 30 Minutes or Less

Dan Lin and Kevin McCormick are producing the film

Pena will also be seen with Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, and Casey Affleck in the action/comedy Tower Heist due out later this year on November 4th.

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