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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (X17online) - Bradley Cooper has dropped out of the romantic comedy This Means War to reprise his role in the sequel to the mega-successful, goofball comedy The Hangover.

Cooper, who was set to star opposite Reese Witherspoon, was forced to drop the project due to scheduling conflicts with The Hangover 2, according to Entertainment Weekly. Charlie's Angels director McG is still attached to direct This Means War.

The Hangover grossed $277 million which has given Cooper's career an even bigger boost. This summer, he'll play opposite his Valentine's Day co-star Jessica Biel in The A-Team.

The Hangover 2 will start filming this fall.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper will be starring in a modern day Lethal Weapon-type movie. The two actors have signed on for an action-comedy written by Up in the Air writer Sheldon Turner.

The movie will revolve around two friends who follow in their fathers' footsteps as San Francisco cops. In the script, the two dads come out of retirement to help their sons crack a difficult case.

Reynolds will next star in the independent thriller Buried. As for Cooper, he will next star in the thriller The Dark Fields.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Bradley Cooper wants to play the role of Tom Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby.

Cooper recently told the Times:

“To me, he’s the best character in the book. He’s so complicated. He’s xenophobic, he’s an alcoholic, but he also understands some profound stuff about class. Whoever plays it has to take a gentle hand, because it could so easily be stock, where he’s a rich jerk you don’t identify with at all.”

Cooper adds, “I don’t even know if I’m on Lurhmann’s radar. Maybe he’ll read this article after the role’s cast and say, ‘Oh. Ha. Yeah, that guy was never going to get it.’"

The Great Gatsby will star Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Bradley Cooper and his movie Limitless ruled the box office this weekend taking in $19 million dollars.

A Relativity executive released the following statement:

“You add these stars to a film that has a very unique take on the traditional thriller genre, and Limitless became a movie for everyone.”

Also scoring big this weekend: The Lincoln Lawyer starring Matthew McConaughey and Ryan Phillippe scoring $13.4 million and the sci-fi comedy Paul raking in $13.2 million.

According to analysts, 60% of the audiences for Limitless were over the age of 25. In comparison, 85% of Lincoln Lawyer's audience was over 25.

Just last Friday, Cooper and Renee Zellweger announced their split, which many believe, helped with the movie's release.

Photo courtesy of Relativity

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Bradley Cooper is about to become the Devil.

The Hangover Part 2 star will offically star in the big screen adaption of the 17th century religious poem "Paradise Lost."

"Paradise Lost, that seems like the realest one. That's happening," he told The Huffington Post.

Currently Cooper is in Schenectady, NY, prepping to film The Place Beyond The Pines with Ryan Gosling. He will play a rookie cop in the crime drama.

"We've just been sort of hanging out with all the cops here and going on ride alongs and it's been incredible," the actor said. "It's pretty intense, it's definitely pretty intense. I'm very lucky to be able to do stuff like this."

In addition to those two movies, the aspiring screenwriter is adapting Dan Simmons' "Hyperion" novels for the big screen.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Bradley Cooper is no longer in talks to play the title character in The Crow.

The actor had to pull out due to scheduling conflicts, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cooper begins filming The Silver Linings Playbook in the fall, followed by Paradise Lost immediately after.

Now that Cooper has dropped out, Channing Tatum and Mark Wahlberg are reportedly names being thrown around to replace him. Wahlberg was originally offered the part last fall.

The Crow is a supernatural action movie based on the '90s comic about a rockstar who is killed and brought back from the dead. The movie will be made by Relativity and directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Bradley Cooper has signed a two-year deal with Warner Bros. to make movies through his newly-created company, 22 & Indiana Pictures.

Cooper's production company will be housed on the studio's Burbank lot, and Sheroum Kim, former assistant to Warner production president Greg Silverman, has been hired as a development executive.

Warner Bros. is obviously very confident in Cooper's star power, since he's the only actor from the Hangover films to ink a first-look deal with the studio.

"We're very happy to take our relationship with Bradley to the next level. He's a proven, multi-talented star, and we expect this deal to see him emerge in a whole new light as a creative force," Warner chief Jeff Robinov said in a statement.

Cooper is currently in pre-production on Serena, which he'll star in alongside Jennifer Lawrence.

LOS ANGELES, California (x17online) - Bradley Cooper looks to solidify his acting chops as the Hollywood heartthrob will play The Elephant Man on stage.

Cooper will portray John Merrick, the deformed medical curiosity from Bernard Pomerance's famous 1977 play, at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts this summer. The actor previously played the part for his senior thesis while attending the Actors Studio Drama School.

The production will also co-star Academy Award nominee Patricia Clarkson (Shutter Island) and will be directed by Scott Ellis during its run from July 25-August 5.