Dominic Cooper sets sights on 'Cities'

CooperComing off an outbreak year by which he starred in "The Devil's Double," the blockbuster "Captain America" and honours contender "My Week With Marilyn," Dominic Cooper has joined final discussions to become listed on the cast of author-director Roger Donaldson's worldwide thriller "Metropolitan areas."Cooper will replace Clive Owen within the pic, and the casting calls into question his availability for Albert Hughes' action-thriller "Motor City." Owen was instructed to drop from the project because of arranging issues.Cooper joins Orlando Blossom, Kirsten Dunst and Anil Kapoor within the film, which happens within the several weeks prior to the Dow Johnson stock-market high and intertwines the tales of figures around the world, together with a NY hedge fund manager, a Mumbai officer along with a couple who're house-hunting working in london.Matthew Metcalfe and Chris Curling are creating "Metropolitan areas," while Eyeworks Nz Boss Julie Christie will professional produce. UTA's Independent Film Group assisted package the film and structure the financing, and also the agency will repetition domestic privileges with CAA. Parlay Films is handling worldwide privileges towards the pic, which begins filming this spring working in london, Mumbai and Gotham.Cooper, who's presently filming "Summer time in Feb" with Emily Browning, will next be observed in Timur Bekmambetov's adaptation of "Abraham Lincoln subsequently: Vampire Hunter," which twentieth century Fox releases on June 22.Cooper is repped by CAA and U.K.-based tenpercentery Markham, Froggatt and Irwin. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com