Moving steadily along since earlier this year, Ridley Scott's next project, The Counselor, appears to have netted another major name in Penelope Cruz, who, according to a story at The Hollywood Reporter, is likely to join her husband, Javier Bardem, along with Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt.

An original screenplay by Cormac McCarthy, known for the novels-turned-films "All the Pretty Horses," "No Country for Old Men" and "The Road," the film tells of a present-day Southwest lawyer who gets in over his head in the drug trade.

Cruz's role is that of a love interest to Fassbender's character, previously eyed by Angelina Jolie.

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