Cooper has signed on to star in the drama ‘The Words,’ a story about a writer who at the peak of his literary career realizes the price he must pay for stealing another man’s work. Oscar winning legend Jeremy Irons is in talks to co-star in the film which will be the directorial debut of “Tron Legacy” scribes Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, and who are currently developing a sci-fi franchise for Blacklight Transmedia and Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment.