Killing Them Softly, based on George V. Higgins' crime novel Cogan's Trade, follows Jackie Cogan (
Brad Pitt), an enforcer who investigates a heist that takes place during a high stakes poker game perpetrated by two junkies played by
Scoot McNairy (
Monsters) and
Ben Mendelsohn (
Animal Kingdom).
Andrew Dominik (
Chopper, Assassination of Jesse James) both writes & directs the film which also features
Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Richard Jenkins (
Let Me In),
Ray Liotta (
GoodFellas) and more. This first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and The Weinstein Co. will be releasing it starting on October 19th this fall.