Patrick Will Replace Cranston In "Squad"

Robert Patrick has closed a deal to replace Bryan Cranston in the period police saga "The Gangster Squad" says Variety

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

Patrick will portray Max Kennard, a laconic LAPD officer from Texas who enforces the law ambitiously. Cranston bowed out over scheduling issues. Patrick makes a fine choice for the part

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 and Anthony Mackie also star. Emma Stone might play a woman caught between Gosling's good cop character and Penn's character

Dan Lin and Kevin McCormick are producing the film Shooting kicks off this Fall