Liam Neeson, "A-Team" director reteam for drama

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Liam Neeson is in negotiations to reteam with his "A-Team" director Joe Carnahan for the survival drama "The Grey."

Neeson steps into the shoes of Bradley Cooper, who was slated to star in the project when it was unveiled earlier this year at the Berlin Film Festival.

Co-written by Carnahan and Ian Jeffers, the story begins after a plane goes down in Alaska, with a man (Neeson) and his oil drilling team find themselves struggling to survive in the wild. The men come under attack from vicious wolves.

Neeson catapulted into the ranks of action-thriller leads after the surprise worldwide success of the 2009 kidnap thriller "Taken."