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According to Deadline, the comedian will star as Bernie Rose, a mobster who faces off against Gosling's Hollywood stuntman-turned-getaway driver.
Carey Mulligan is also among the cast for Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn's movie adaptation of James Sallis's novel.
Brooks, Oscar-nominated for Broadcast News, last had a film role voicing Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie.
He has also been absent from behind the camera, having penned the novel 2030: The Real Story Of What Happens To America since directing 2005's Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World.
