EXCLUSIVE: Sony’s 3000 Pictures’ adaptation of
Don Winslow‘s best-selling crime novel
City On Fireis looking to gaining some steam as sources tell Deadline
Matt Ross is coming on to direct the pic starring
Austin Butler. Butler will also produce long with David Heyman of Heyday Films and Shane Salerno and The Story Factory.
Challengers writer Justin Kuritzkes will adapt.
The trilogy focuses on two criminal empires — one Irish, the other Italian — that control all of New England, until a modern-day Helen of Troy tears them apart and starts a brutal war. The main character, Danny Ryan, is forced to grow from a street soldier into a ruthlessly efficient leader to protect his friends, his family and the home he loves. Fighting the Mafia, the local cops, the feds – everyone – Danny builds a dynasty or will die trying.
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