Bradley Cooper Will Play a Paratrooper in 'Atlantic Wall' Movie

Bradley Cooper has landed a new movie role!

The 41-year-old Oscar-nominated actor is set to star as a paratrooper in the upcoming movie Atlantic Wall, which features a script featured on the acclaimed “black list.”

The story follows “a lone American paratrooper stranded behind enemy lines just days before D-Day, tasked with delivering intelligence critical to the outcome of the war and compelled to fulfill a promise to protect the young son of a murdered ally.”

Atlantic Wall will be directed by Gavin O’Connor, who most recently helmed Ben Affleck‘s The Accountant.