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Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson and Casey Affleck are already confirmed for the adaptation of Jim Thompson's noir classic novel.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Baker will play an attorney on the trail of a murderer.
The movie will tell the story of a Texan sheriff (Affleck) who turns from a "boring small-town cop" into a "ruthless, sociopathic murderer". Alba will play a prostitute, while Hudson is cast as the sheriff's lover.
Shooting begins this week in New Mexico and Oklahoma.
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