What is Gangster Squad (movie)?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}} {{italictitle}} '''''Gangster Squad'''''<ref>{{cite web|last=Gallagher|first=Brian|date=September 6, 2011|title=The Gangster Squad Begins Production in Los Angeles|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/the-gangster-squad-begins-production-in-los-angeles|access-date=September 13, 2011|work=MovieWeb.com|archive-date=September 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930192103/http://www.movieweb.com/news/the-gangster-squad-begins-production-in-los-angeles|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a 2013 American action thriller movie directed by [[Ruben Fleischer]] and written by [[Will Beall]], based on a [[non-fiction]] book by Paul Lieberman. The movie stars [[Josh Brolin]], [[Ryan Gosling]], [[Nick Nolte]], [[Emma Stone]], [[Anthony Mackie]], [[Giovanni Ribisi]], [[Robert Patrick]], [[Michael Peña]] and [[Sean Penn]]. Set in 1949, a group of real-life LAPD officers and detectives called the [[Gangster Squad (LAPD)|Gangster Squad]] are assigned to bring down crime kingpin [[Mickey Cohen]]. After the script spent several years on the [[Black List (survey)|Black List]], production began in September 2011 around Los Angeles, lasting through December. The film was originally set to be theatrically released September 7, 2012, but in the wake of the [[2012 Aurora, Colorado, shooting]], [[Warner Bros.]] pushed it back to a January 11, 2013, release to accommodate re-shoots, which took place in August 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vespe|first=Eric|date=May 9, 2012|title=Growling Nick Nolte? Check. Foxy Emma Stone? Check. Tommy Gun Movie Theater shoot out? Check! Gangster Squad trailer hits!|work=AintItCool.com|url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/55574|access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * {{Official website|www.gangstersquadmovie.com}} * {{IMDb title|1321870}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|gangster_squad_2012}} * {{mojo title|gangstersquad}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gangster Squad}} [[Category:2013 action movies]] [[Category:2013 thriller movies]] [[Category:2010s a