Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesMark Ruffalo's life is resuming some semblance of normalcy just over a month after his brother was declared dead of a gunshot wound.
E! News has learned that the still-mourning actor, who dropped out of a film in the immediate aftermath of his brother's death, is gearing up to return to work, directing and and starring in the tentatively titled Sympathy for Delicious.
"We're starting shooting in a week," says a production insider.
The film was originally expected to begin shooting last month but was indefinitely postponed after word of Scott Ruffalo's death broke.
Mark Ruffalo will star as a priest in the film, which follows a paralyzed DJ who seeks out the world of faith healing. Orlando Bloom, Juliette Lewis and Ruffalo's You Can Count On Me partner, Laura Linney, also star.
The cast convened for a get-together last Friday, with Bloom, Lewis, Ruffalo and his wife, Sunrise Coigney, joining forces for a low-key night out at Teddy's at the Roosevelt Hotel.
A source told E! News that the foursome "sat in the back, corner table behind the DJ booth, just drinking soda water and having a good night."