Anna Friel Joins ‘The Dark Fields’

According to reports, Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies) will star along with Bradley Cooper in ‘The Dark Fields’, playing the ex-wife of Cooper’s character. Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish and Tomas Arana are also a part of the cast, which is currently filming in New York. Here is a brief synopsis of the film:

The story centers on a down-and-out writer (Cooper) who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes one smarter. He experiences sudden financial and social success but soon discovers that the drug has lethal and lasting side effects, including “trip-switching,” a phenomenon in which time moves with a stop-motion quality. Before long, mysterious antagonists are pursuing him.