LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Christian Bale and Casey Affleck are officially on board to star as brothers in the Rust Belt drama film “Out of the Furnace,” Relativity Media said Thursday. They will be joined by Zoe Saldana (”Avatar”), who will play Bale’s love interest, and Sam Shepard, who will play the two leads’ uncle. In the film, Affleck is lured into a dangerous crime ring after his brother (Bale) is sent to prison. The film is set in an economically depressed section of the northeastern United States and will be directed by Scott Cooper (”Crazy Heart”). Cooper also wrote the screenplay. …

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