'Crazy Heart' To Star Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal

(andPOP) - The music-based drama "Crazy Heart" has lined up an all-star cast in the form of Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Duvall.

The feature from CMT Films and Informant Media is based on the 1989 Thomas Cobb novel of the same name, which follows an alcoholic, down-on-his-luck country music singer (Bridges) who attempts to get his life and career back on track with the help of a reporter (Gyllenhaal).

Scott Cooper wrote the screenplay and will also direct, while Grammy-winning singer-songwriter T-Bone Burnett will produce original music for the film and soundtrack.

Variety reports that Bridges, who released an album in 2000 called "Be Here Soon," will perform in the film.

Shooting is set to begin in and around Santa Fe, N.M., in August, and the film is scheduled to hit theatres in mid-2009.

Both Bridges and Gyllenhaal can be seen in superhero blockbusters this summer, with the former appearing in "Iron Man" and the latter sharing the screen with Christian Bale in "The Dark Knight."