Gangster Sqaud Moved To Jan. 2013

The fate of Ruben Fleischer's period police saga "The Gangster Squad" has been decided in the wake of the cinema shooting tragedy in Colorado--Originally slated for September 7th, the film will now open four months later - on January 11th says The Hollywood Reporter.

The concern was the same one that led to the trailers for the film being pulled from theaters last Friday.

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

Will Beall, a former LAPD officer who patrolled South Central and wrote the novel L.A. Rex penned the script.

Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling Michael Peña Josh Brolin Holt McCallany Giovanni Ribisi Robert Patrick and Anthony Mackie also star. Emma Stone plays a woman caught between Gosling's good cop character and Penn's character. Mireille Enos, star of the hit TV series The Killing co stars as Brolin's wife. Nick Nolte is Brolin's boss

A key sequence in the movie deals with a shoot-out at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in which mobsters use Tommy guns to blast their way up the aisles, through the lobby and out onto Hollywood Boulevard.

The studio has been holding discussions about how to revise the film. Since the scene is pivotal it can't be edited around, instead it is being reconceived.

Dan Lin and Kevin McCormick are producing the film.