Bryan Cranston in talks to join crime thriller Gangster Squad

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And today in Bryan Cranston casting news – the ever-popular former Malcolm In The Middle actor is in talks to join Sean Penn’s Gangster Squad .

Cranston is riding one seriously high wave of popularity at the moment. Just yesterday he was in negotiations to join Ben Affleck’s third film Argo .

Now he’s in talks for a lead role in period crime thriller Gangster Squad , which has Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer at the helm.

If there was an award for 'actor with the most movie projects currently in production', you can bet Cranston would be the one to win it...

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