First Look: Sean Penn & Josh Brolin in Crime Movie ‘Gangster Squad’

Time to meet the “Gangster Squad”. One of them. EW.com has posted the first official photo from Ruben Fleischer’s Gangster Squad, his upcoming 40s-50s crime drama about the LAPD squad assigned to clean up the Mobsters hitting the town, starring Josh Brolin and Sean Penn. The large-scale Warner Bros project has been shooting all over Los Angeles the last few months, turning iconic local locations back in time. Last night I stumbled across their set on Hollywood Blvd., the famous Chinese Theater completely dressed for the film, and watched as they filmed a gunfight outside the theater. This is going to be awesome! Here’s the first new photo of Sean Penn as Mickey Cohen (mobster), and Josh Brolin as John O’Mara (cop), from EW. The cast also includes Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Nick Nolte, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Peña and Anthony Mackie, and while many have popped up in set photos online, …