Coming Soon and Production Weekly report Christian Bale and Freddy Rodriguez will star in the independent film "Harsh Times" which is being described as a West Coast version of Martin Scorsese's "Mean Streets", albeit set in the infamous South Central Los Angeles area.
Scribe David Ayer ("Training Day") will make his feature directorial debut from his original screenplay, which was developed at the Sundance screenwriter's lab. Production is set to begin in Los Angeles the beginning of December.
The story follows Mike Alvarez (Rodriguez), unemployed and looking for a job, and Jim David (Bale) who has just been accepted by the DEA to do his share of the dirty work in Columbia. A pair of hell-raising beer-drinking screw-ups with time on their hands, they spend a few days riding around Los Angeles, causing trouble and leaving havoc in their wake - until it all catches up to them and the good times turn harsh.
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