Spike Lee is in negotiations to direct the adaptation of the James Ellroy novel, The Night Watchman, a cop thriller set in Los Angeles in the early ’90s described as being in the vein of Ellroy’s L.A. Confidential revolving around a cop who uncovers corruption and must resolve the problem in order to redeem himself.
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The upcoming Jack Ryan movie cast has added four more to the action thriller, with Deadline reporting that Max Beesley,…