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.
“Broken” was penned by playwright
Brian Tucker while a director hasn't been found as of yet. Casting is expected to begin in the fall.
“Broken City” centers on a cop-turned-P.I. who finds himself thrust into the seedy backroom politics of a corrupt mayoral election.
Mandate and Mr. Mudd will attach a director and a cast in early fall.