New The Gangster Squad Image

Ryan Gosling has been a busy boy in 2011 with the likes of Drive, Crazy Stupid Love and Blue Valentine under his belt.

And 2012 looks set to be the same as he will star in Ruben Fleischer's The Gangster Squad.

The film is also set to star Sean Penn, Emma Stone, Josh Brolin and Giovanni Ribisi.

The Gangster Squad is a chronicle of the LAPD's fight to keep East Coast Mafia types out of Los Angeles in the 1940s and 50s.

The movie looks set to be one of the best crime dramas to hit the big screen this year and could feature on the awards circuit this time in 2013.

The Gangster Squad is released 9th November. Take a look at a new image from the movie: