New Images From Andrew Dominik’s ‘Cogan’s Trade’ – Starring Brad Pitt, Sam Rockwell & Ray Liotta

Russian site Kinopoisk (via TheFilmStage) has premiered this new batch of images from writer/director Andrew Dominik’s upcoming crime flick ‘Cogan’s Trade.’ Dominik was the man behind ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,’ without a doubt one of my favourite movies of the last decade. ‘Cogan’s Trade’ re-teams Dominik with his Jesse James lead star Brad Pitt as a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that takes place during a high stakes poker game under protection of the mob. Jesse James co-stars Casey Affleck and Sam Rockwell also feature. Other cast member include Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, Vincent Curatola, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Richard Jenkins, and Sam Shepherd….A W E S O M E.

‘Cogan’s Trade’ tracks Jackie Cogan’s (Brad Pitt) career in a gangland version of law and order. For Cogan is an enforcer; and when the Mob’s rules get broken, he gets hired to ply his trade – murder. Based on George V. Higgins 1974 national best-seller of the same name, Cogan is called in when a high-stake card game under the protection of the Mob is heisted. Expertly, with a ruthless businessman’s efficiency, a shrewd sense of other people’s weaknesses, and a style as cold as his stare, Cogan moves with reliable precision to restore the status quo as ill-conceived capers and double-dealing shenanigans erupt into high-voltage violence. The film is set for release late 2012.