Carl Franklin’s made some interesting movies with the likes of Out Of Time and Devil In A Blue Dress, and now he’s planning a new thriller, City of Night, based on a script by David Chisholm (Kidnapped in Paradise, The Wizard), according to Deadline.

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 and dangerous backdrop of South Central L.A., City of Night is described as an explosive, sexually intense thriller in the tradition of L.A. Confidential and The Departed.

A shooting date will be announced soon.