Ryan Phillippe To Star In 'Stop-Loss'


Ryan PhillippeRyan Phillippe is in talks to star in Stop-Loss, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Movie centers on a soldier (Phillippe) who returns home to Texas and is called to duty again in Iraq through the military's "stop-loss" procedure. The soldier then refuses to return to battle.

Abbie Cornish already has signed on to play the female lead. Kimberly Peirce is to direct, she has taken her time in finding the right project to follow up her feature directorial debut, 1999's Boys Don't Cry. That film brought Hilary Swank her first best actress Oscar as well as a nomination for co-star Chloe Sevigny.

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