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Exclusive: Shia Labeouf has joined action thriller Mace, directed by Jon Amiel from a script by David Chisholm. Trevor Jackson will co-star. Myriad Pictures is shopping the project to buyers here in Cannes this week.

Mace is the harrowing story of two very different types of cops – a veteran officer Mace (Labeouf), dangerous and corrupt, and Virgil Woods (Jackson), a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within. It’s inspired by the recent racial injustice on the streets of America and Woods refuses to be bullied and pits his principles against the amoral Mac. Woods risks everything he believes to stop Mace from destroying the city when Mace unleashes a gang war to cover up his crimes. Everyone around Mace is in danger as Mace plays his game and tries to conceal his tracks, no matter the cost.

Myriad Pictures is selling at the Cannes market.

Trevor Jackson has joined James Franco in the cast of Meyers Media Group’s action thriller Mace, selling in Cannes through Myriad Pictures.

US actor Jackson - best known for roles in Grown-ish and Superfly - has landed the role of Virgil Woods opposite Franco as the titular character in the story of two polar-opposite cops inspired by the ongoing racial injustice on America’s streets.

Idealistic rookie Woods believes he can change the system that fosters corrupt police officers like Mace from within and risks everything to stop Mace from destroying...

Jon Amiel to direct from script by David Chisholm.

Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide sales rights for Mace starring starring James Franco from Meyers Media Group and will commence sales in Cannes next week.

Jon Amiel will direct from a script by David Chisholm two very different types of cops. Franco will play veteran officer Mace, a corrupt and dangerously unhinged man, while Virgil Woods is a young rookie who believes he can change the from within.

Inspired by the recent racial injustice on the streets of America, Woods risks everything he believes in to stop Mace from destroying the...

James Franco is set to star in action thriller Mace from The Singing Detective helmer Jon Amiel.

The title, which is the first production from Meyers Media Group, follows the story of two very different kinds of cops. Mace (Franco) is a veteran officer, corrupt and dangerously unhinged, while Virgil Woods is a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within. Inspired by the racial injustice on the streets of America, Woods refuses to be bullied and pits his principles against the amoral Mace, risking everything he believes in to stop Mace from destroying the city when Mace unleashes a gang war to cover up his crimes.

Amiel directs from a script written by David Chisholm while Lawrence Steven Meyers, Randy Dannenberg and John Evangelides will produce. Brendan McDonald and Kirk D’Amico will serve as exec producer with Jonathan Tybel as an associate producer.

The Wizard

Directed by Todd Holland

Screenplay by David Chisholm

1989, USA

Although e-sports have long been a part of video game culture since the early 70′s, competitions saw a large surge in popularity in 1989 when Universal Pictures produced The Wizard, about a trio of kids who make their way to a national Nintendo video game championship (Video Armageddon) for a grand prize of $50,000. The charismatic and rising star of television’s Wonder Years, Fred Savage, stars as Corey, a boy who escorts his deeply traumatized younger half-brother Jimmy (Luke Edwards) away from a group home and sets off on a cross-country trek, chased by their father (Beau Bridges), their older brother (Christian Slater), and a child-finder, hired by their mother to bring him back home. Along the way they meet little Haley (Jenny Lewis) and discover that Jimmy is a real prodigy when it comes to video games. They make a stop off in Reno,...

Most recently plying his wares on TV shows such as Starz's “Magic City” and HBO's “The Pacific,” director Carl Franklin has decided to step back into the cinematic arena where he got his start, nine years after he directed the Denzel Washington actioner “Out of Time,” for a dose of shady business with the law.

Deadline reports Franklin has signed on to direct “City of Night,” an L.A.-set thriller written by David Chisholm, best known for writing the Fred Savage film “The Wizard,” peculiarly enough. 'City' follows Emmett Conlin, a rookie cop aspiring to rise through the Lapd ranks through its toughest crime units, until he faces a veteran corrupt cop eager to bring him down. Emmett then becomes the target of a psychological betrayal from within the department, and soon he doesn't know who to trust, or where to run.

The film is purported to be “in...

After working on a couple of well-received cable dramas, Carl Franklin (Out of Time) is headed back to the movies. The Magic City and Falling Skies director has signed on for cop thriller City of Night. Penned by David Chisholm, this one tells the tale of a rookie policeman assigned to the toughest unit in Los Angeles; once there, he quickly gets mixed up with a crooked vet, who initiates an “elaborate psychological game to destroy him.” In the official release, it’s described as an “explosive, sexually intense thriller.” It’s also compared to La Confidential and The Departed but interestingly, not Training Day, which…doesn’t it sound a lot like Training Day? Of course, that doesn’t mean it’s a rip-off or anything. Just don’t be surprised when the bad cop (who may or may not compare favourably to King Kong) is shocked (wink, wink...

Meyers Media Group and McDonald Entertainment have announced today that they will co-finance the thriller City of Night. The film, to be directed by award-winner Carl Franklin (Out of Time, High Crimes), was written by David Chisholm (Kidnapped in Paradise, The Wizard) and will be produced by Brendan McDonald of McDonald Entertainment and Jesse B'Franklin, and executive produced by Lawrence Steven Meyers (Unfaithful) and Randy Dannenberg of Meyers Media Group.

In City of Night, Emmett Conlin is a rookie cop aspiring to be one of the finest in the Los Angeles Police Department-- until he's unexpectedly lured into the toughest crime unit in the city and finds that his greatest danger lies within the department. Drawn into a web of deceit and betrayal by a veteran cop who has corrupted all that he touches, Emmett becomes the target of an elaborate psychological game to destroy him. Set against the teeming...

Carl Franklin ( Out of Time , High Crimes ) is attached to direct City of Night , a crime thriller to be co-financed by Meyers Media Group and McDonald Entertainment. Written by David Chisholm ( Kidnapped in Paradise , The Wizard ), City of Night features a rookie cop, Emmett Conlin, aspiring to be one of the finest in the Los Angeles Police Department . until he.s unexpectedly lured into the toughest crime unit in the city and finds that his greatest danger lies within the department. Drawn into a web of deceit and betrayal by a veteran cop who has corrupted all that he touches, Emmett becomes the target of an elaborate psychological game to destroy him. Set against the teeming and dangerous backdrop of South Central L.A., City of Night is said to be "an explosive,...