) is in talks to joinin the western. Written and directed by), the film is set in 1892 and it tells the story of a legendary Army captain (Bale) who agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief and his family from an isolated Army outpost in New Mexico back to their tribal lands in Montana.Pike will star as a young widow whose family was murdered on the plains. She eventually joins forces with the travellers to overcome both nature and the hostile Comanche tribes that they encounter along the way. Production is set to begin in July.Cooper is said to have chosen Pike to star in his film after seeing her in's music video. The actress has recently finished work on the World War II thrillerand the period drama