The Wrap says
Jeff Bridges is now 100% locked-in to co-star
R.I.P.D as the grizzled, centuries deceased gunslinger that teams-up with
Ryan Reynolds recently murdered contemporary police officer who work for the Rest In Peace Department - basically the ghosts whose job it is to keep the dangerously deceased quiet. Bridges will bring his Rooster Cogburn-True Grit slurring to the PG-13 supernatural buddy cop movie, based on
Peter Lenkovs Dark Horse comic of the same name. All cool, all exciting. Bridges replaced the previously cast
Zach Galifianakis and the whole dynamic of the movie seems to have changed. I guess its still a movie that will carry the same comedy/action tone as Hellboy or Ghostbusters and itll be
Red director
Robert Schwentkes job to make all the genre-bending tones work smoother than he did with that particular uneven movie. Filming in Boston sounded imminent just weeks ago but it now appears it will take place late summer for a probable Q4 2012 release.