"The Yards" stars Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg are set to re-team in "We Own the Night," a James Gray-directed drama that will shoot in New York in March reports Variety.
The Gray-scripted drama is set at the height of a bloody 1980's struggle between Gotham cops and a Russian mob that targeted law officers and their families. That led the NYPD to hang "We Own the Night" banners in precinct houses and step up their efforts.
Wahlberg and Phoenix play siblings in a cop-dominated family, with Phoenix the black sheep who ends up managing a Russian mob-controlled nightclub. 'Night' has a budget north of $20 million, with several elaborate shoot-'em-up and chase sequences that will be lensed in the city and on at least one of its bridges.
