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"Carl Franklin has been appointed as director on City of Night. The Out of Time helmer will bring the crime thriller to the big screen based on a script by David Chisholm, Deadline reports. City of Night - described as LA Confidential meets The Departed - tells the story of a rookie police officer in Los Angeles who discovers a web of corruption within the force. Meyers Media Group and McDonald Entertainment have announced that they will co-finance the film. Brendan McDonald of the former will produce the project with Jesse B&amp;#039;Franklin, while Lawrence Meyers and Randy Dannenberg of the latter will be executive producers. Franklin has recently found success directing for television, having helmed the pilot episode of TNT&amp;#039;s Falling Skies, and the premiere episode of the new Starz show Magic City. City of Night is yet to be assigned a shooting schedule. Watch a trailer for Carl Franklin&amp;#039;s Out of Time below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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