For those of you who see Ryan Gosling as just a pretty face, think again. Although his looks don’t hurt him, Gosling has also proven to be quite a talented actor — with a variety of films including emotional drama The Notebook and romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love — producer and musician (he wrote and performed songs on a few of his films’ soundtracks). His latest feat is taking on his first directorial project, in How to Catch a Monster, a film he also wrote. So far, Mad Men‘s favorite redhead, who also happens to be Gosling’s Drive co-star, Christina Hendricks, has been attached to the project. The film is about a single mother of two (Hendricks), who’s dragged into a dark underworld when one of her kids discovers a road leading from their vanishing city to an underwater village. How to Catch a Monster will be looking for buyers at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is set to begin production next year. ~Morgan Bates