Universal Pictures has picked up North American distribution rights for crime drama "We Own the Night" written and directed by James Gray ("The Yards") reports Reuters.
"Night," which is shooting in New York, is set in the 1980s during a violent struggle between New York police and brutal Russian mobsters who targeted officers and their families.
Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg play brothers, one a cop, the other the black sheep of the family who manages a nightclub controlled by the mob. Robert Duvall and Eva Mendes also star.
