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Russell Crowe Rules ‘Broken City’ With An Iron Fist

Wookie Johnson — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:34:27 +0000

Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe are squaring off. Crowe has just signed on for the Allen Hughes-directed noir thriller Broken City. In the film, He’ll play a mayor who suspects that his wife is cheating. In turn, he hires Mark Wahlberg’s detective character to investigate. When the wife’s lover is found dead with a phone shoved up his butt, Wahlberg looks into the Mayor and discovers he’s profiting from a real estate scandal.

Seems like pretty solid casting. I can easily buy Crowe as a corrupt mayor who punches his problems away. I bet that he’s nothing short of hilarious during city debates. (Deadline)

Mark Wahlberg Would Like To Move To ‘Broken City’

Wookie Johnson — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:01:33 +0000

While he waits to do his next video game adaptation, Mark Wahlberg might hop aboard the gritty neo-noir Broken City. Though that itself sounds like the name of a video game. New drinking game idea: Mark Wahlberg Film or Video Game.

Allen Hughes is attached to direct from the script by Brian Tucker. It’s a hot property in Hollywood after having landed on the black list. If he can work it into his schedule, Wahlberg will play Taggert — a former cop who is disgraced after shooting a teenager. He’s then hired by the mayor of New York to keep tabs on his cheating wife. Why hire Wahlberg’s character for that? Is she cheating with teens? (MTV)