David Strathairn (
Good Night, and Good Luck) is to star in the thriller
Fracture, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Gregory Hoblit is to direct for Castle Rock Entertainment and New Line Cinema. Ryan Gosling and Anthony Hopkins already have been cast in the story that follows an assistant district attorney (Gosling) who plays a cat-and-mouse game with a man (Hopkins) who tried to kill his wife but was set free on a series of technicalities. Strathairn plays the district attorney, Gosling's boss. Daniel Pyne and Glenn Gers wrote the script.