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Paul Soter, a member of Broken Lizard, the comedy troupe
behind "Super Troopers" and the upcoming "Beerfest," wrote the
script and is making his directorial debut on the movie. "Detectives" centers on a film noir buff (Murphy) whose
world is turned upside down when a beautiful, unpredictable
femme fatale (Liu) provides far more adventure than he ever
experienced -- and possibly more than he can handle. The project is a production of Toronto-based Peace Arch
Entertainment and New York-based Plum Pictures. Peace Arch is
co-financing and serving as worldwide distributor. Shooting is
due to start this week in New York. Peace Arch is in postproduction on "Chapter 27," a drama
about John Lennon's murderer, Mark David Chapman; the film
stars
Lindsay Lohan and
Jared Leto. Plum is in postproduction
on romantic comedy "Dedication," starring
Billy Crudup and
Mandy Moore, and on "Grace Is Gone," a drama toplined by
John Cusack. Liu is best known for her starring turn in the "Charlie's
Angels" movies as well as "Kill Bill-Vol. 1." She most recently
starred in "Lucky Number Slevin" and next appears in action
comedy "The Cleaner" and supernatural thriller "Rise." Murphy made his name in
Danny Boyle's zombie movie "28 Days
Later" and has appeared in "Batman Begins" and "Red Eye." He
received a Golden Globe nomination for his work in
Neil Jordan's "Breakfast on Pluto." Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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