Russell Crowe Joins the Mark Wahlberg Cop Drama Broken City

How much scrunched face can one detective story take? Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe will join forces on Broken City, the story of an "ex-cop-turned-private detective (Wahlberg) who is hired by the mayor (the role Crowe will play) to see if his wife is cheating on him." That investigation leads to murders and cover-ups, but the most intriguing bit of news is that Broken City's script was on the 2008 Black List -- where Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air, No Strings Attached, and The Beaver (which ranked #1) first appeared. [Deadline]