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"Ryan Gosling is to make his directorial debut with the fantasy-drama How to Catch a Monster. The Gangster Squad actor will direct from a screenplay he wrote about a single mother swept into a dark fantasy underworld while her teenage son finds a secret road leading to an underwater town.  Christina Hendricks, who starred with Gosling in last year&amp;#039;s Drive, will portray the single mother. Speaking about the upcoming project, Gosling said: &amp;quot;I am very appreciative to [producers] Marc Platt, Adam Siegel and Bold Films for being so supportive and I look forward to making this film with all of them.&amp;quot; In a statement, Platt praised Gosling for &amp;quot;his ability to draw audiences into his world as an actor&amp;quot;, which will help him as a director. Both Platt and Siegel were two of the producers on Nicolas Winding Refn&amp;#039;s Drive.  Gosling can be seen next in Gangster Squad, which will open in cinemas on January 11, 2013 in the UK and US. The crime drama was originally set for a September 7 release date but officially moved to next year due to the Aurora theatre shooting in July. Watch the trailer for Gangster Squad below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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