Robert Pattinson: 'The Rover' Star!

Robert Pattinson has a new gig!

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 26-year-old heartthrob’s upcoming project, The Rover, has been given the green light by Screen Australia!

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This will be Rob‘s first big career move since news broke that his girlfriend Kristen Stewart had a fling with director Rupert Sanders.

Here’s the film’s synopsis: Set in the Australian desert, The Rover is a futuristic western that “tells the story of Eric (Guy Pearce), who has left everything, everyone and every semblance of human kindness behind him, as he’s forced to join an injured gang member, Rey (Pattinson), to hunt down Rey’s gang after they steal the last of Eric’s possessions.”