As Rooster Cogburn in Joel and Ethan Coen's take on True Grit, Oscar winner and all-around awesome dude Jeff Bridges ably portrayed a crusty but formidable old gunslinger in the Old West. In the Dark Horse Comics adaptation R.I.P.D., Bridges plays Bo, another gunslinger whose been around for awhile. This time, though, he's been dead for centuries and patrols the afterlife as a member of the titular Rest in Peace Department, a supernatural cop squad dedicated to supernatural policing.
A new batch of unofficial photos from the Boston, Massachusetts set of R.I.P.D. have revealed our first glimpses of Jeff Bridges in costume as Bo, long with Ryan Reynolds as Nick, a freshly-deceased cop and Bo's partner who is looking to find out just who murdered him. Earlier this week, we saw Reynolds shooting a scene with Kevin Bacon, who is playing the bad guy.
These two images are but a taste of the gallery on offer over at CeleBuzz.
In certain scenes, Sport Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model Marisa Miller will be playing a spiritual vessel for Bo. The cast also includes Mary-Louise Parker, Stephanie Szostak, James Hong, and Mike O'Malley. The screenplay, loosely based on the comic book created by Peter M. Lenkov, is written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi. Robert Schwentke, whose last film was the action-comedy Red, is behind the camera as director.
R.I.P.D. arrives on June 28, 2013.
