Hottie Ryan Gosling was spotted on the set of Gangster Squadin Los Angeles on October 3, 2011 looking rather fetching in a vintage inspired brown vest with matching dress pants topped off with a super mysterious fedora hat. Fellow cast members Robert Patrick, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi and Michael Peña were also on set of the period crime drama.The film based on a seven-part Los Angeles Times article written by Paul Lieberman, is centered around the LAPD’s fight to keep the East Coast Mafia out of LA in the 1940s by creating a united called the “Gangster Squad”. Gosling stars as Jerry Wooters, a police officer and partner of Josh Brolin’s character, John O’Mara trying to take down lead gangster Mickey Cohen played by Sean Penn.

Patrick will be playing Officer Max Kennard (who replaced Bryan Cranston), while Ribisi will star as Conway Keeler, a member of the squad who handles electronics and wiring. Peña plays rookie cop Navidad Ramirez and Mackie stars as former LAPD lieutenant Rocky Washington.

Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures also recently announced the release date set for October 19, 2012.

Let the crime fighting begin!