Pepper packs in pic pair

Before he heads on film "The Lone Ranger" using the Actor-kaira Pitt, "True Grit" star Craig Pepper will squeeze some photos into his schedule: Thesp has boarded New Regency's "Broken City" which is in final discussions to participate Summit's action thriller "Snitch." Both movies are filming at the same time in Louisiana -- "Broken City" in New Orleans and "Snitch" in Shreveport. Allen Hughes is pointing "Broken City," which stars Mark Wahlberg just like a Brooklyn detective hired having a effective politician (Russell Crowe) to identify his wife's lover, who's subsequently found and destroyed. Pepper may have a closeted councilman running against Crowe's character. Ric Roman Waugh is pointing "Snitch," which stars Dwayne Manley just like a suburban father who's expected to become an informant for your DEA to acquire his teenage boy from the ten-year jail sentence. Pepper may have a DEA agent who Manley works under while trying to collect evidence against a drug dealer and also the distributor. Catherine Zeta-Manley co-stars in "Broken City," while Susan Sarandon co-stars in "Snitch." Put together by John Tucker, "Broken City" continues to be fully funded by Emmett/Furla Films. New Regency is creating with Randall Emmett, George Furla, Stephen Levinson and Wahlberg. last century Fox is aboard to distribute. "Snitch" continues to be co-funded by Exclusive Media, Participant Media and Imagenation Abu Dhabi. Exclusive is creating the Justin Haythe-scripted pic with Manley and also the creating partner Dany Garcia, additionally to Frontline's David Fanning. Pepper won an Emmy for his portrayal of Bobby Kennedy in ReelzChannel's miniseries "The Kennedys." Thesp, which has co-starred in "Saving Private Ryan," "The Eco-friendly Mile" and "25th Hour," will rapidly be seen alongside Javier Bardem just like a priest in Terrence Malick's next film. Pepper is repped with the Kohner Agency and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com