Original sentence: River Road Entertainment replaced Percept Pictures Co.in financing the film, and actors Sean Penn and Heath Ledger were involved in talks in October 2007 to be cast
Edited sentence: By 2007, River Road Entertainment had replaced Percept Pictures Co.Percept Pictures Co.in financing the film, and actors Sean Penn and Heath Ledger were involved in talks, Ledger in Gibson's place and Penn in Farrell's place.was slated to finance the film with stars Mel Gibson and -- Malick verteran -- Colin Farrell as, respectively, the father and adult son