Robert Patrick is set to star with John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix in the firefighting drama
Ladder 49, says
Variety.
The project, to be directed by Jay Russell for Disney, sees Phoenix play a firefighter who's trapped in a blaze and looks back on his life. Patrick's character, a fireman with a perpetual chip on his shoulder, tries to save his comrade. Travolta plays a fire chief who acts as a mentor to the Phoenix character.
This is Patrick's second film since wrapping the Fox series 'The X-Files'. He can be seen next in
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.