Tag: Broken City
Russell Crowe Joins Mark Wahlberg for BROKEN CITY
So, I’m sure you all know that Mark Wahlberg is already set to star in the upcoming Allen Hughes’ project titled Broken City.
And it sounds pretty cool actually, because our little Marky Mark will play an ex-cop turned private detective, and not some tough guy.
Because I just can’t stand that, ok? That’s why I wish to thank God for the latest casting news that comes from Hollywood, and it goes like this – Russell Crowe has joined Broken City as well!
Ok, now we’re talking about something that makes sense!
Here’s the thing. Crowe comes on board to play mayor, who’s wife is apparently cheating on him (how dares she!?) so that’s when Wahlberg comes in, to solve the whole thing, I guess.
Russell Crowe Signed on for Indie Noir Drama Broken City
A New Zealand-born Australian thesp Russell Crowe, the Best Actor Oscar for Gladiator has signed on to play the key role of the mayor in the new Allen Hughes noir film Broken City.
The flick already has Mark Wahlberg in the lead, playing an ex cop who is hired by the mayor (Crowe) to look into whether his wife is cheating on him. After her boyfriend ends up dead, the P.I. gets sucked into a shadowy underworld of dirty politics and murder and start digging into the politician’s business and uncovering a real estate scandal.
John Malkovich Produces a “Broken City”
John Malkovich‘s Mr. Mudd company has signed a two-year first-look deal with production and financing outfit Mandate Pictures to produce at least one film a year together, reports Variety.The two companies, which teamed up on “Juno“, will next collaborate on the noir drama “Broken City“, marking their first project under the new deal.
