James Gray has been set to rewrite and direct the drama
Alphabet City, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Drama is based on a novel by Steven Knight. Knight, the creator of the gameshow "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and scripter of "Dirty Pretty Things," wrote the first draft.
Gray will rewrite a drama that centers on a journalist who goes undercover in one of Gotham's worst neighborhoods to write a book about drug culture and gangs.
Shooting begins in the spring in New York.