Back in May of last year, commercial director Carl Rinsch (The Gift) signed on to direct Warner Bros. Pictures long awaited remake of the sci-fi classic, Logan’s Run. Throughout the course of the film’s development, the remake was rumored to have attracted the likes of Bryan Singer (X-Men), James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) and most recently Joseph Kosinski (Tron Legacy) to helm the project.

In November, Rinsch decided to leave Warner Bros. sci-fi remake of Logan’s Run in favor of directing Universal Pictures‘ 18th Century Samurai tale, 47 Ronin starring Keanu Reeves.

Now, Deadline reports that Warner Bros. is finalizing a deal for Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Bronson) to direct the film and are closing a deal for Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March, Drive) to star in the film.

Gosling will play Logan 5, a “Sandman” whose job it was to put to permanent sleep those who try to escape mandatory death, the downside of the blissful existence in the domed city that protects the inhabitants who survived a 23rd Century apocalypse. Logan 5 then approaches his own death sentence, and goes on the run from his coworkers.

Logan’s Run is slated to hit theaters in 2012