Oliver Stone to direct The Night Watchman

[KiwiCoromandel]

Oliver Stone is in talks to direct The Night Watchman, a film adaptation of James Ellroy's script about a disgraced police officer who sets out to rid the police force of corruption.

The project, which has been in the works for some time, is being refinanced, with Avi Lerner in talks to finance through his Millenium Films' banner.

Spike Lee was set to direct Keanu Reeves in the long-gestating project but has since dropped off to helm "Inside Man" for Universal Pictures.

The film's producers are awaiting a new draft of the script from John Ridley and will then move toward closing deals with Stone and Reeves.

"Night Watchman" has been through several incarnations. At one point, David Fincher was in talks to direct for Regency Enterprises and Bruce Berman for Warner Bros Pictures.

Stone, whose credits include JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon and Natural Born Killers, most recently directed Alexander, which has grossed $167.6 million worldwide.

source:stuff.co.nz