Open Road Films is in final talks to acquire David Ayer’s police pic “End of Watch,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena.
Emmett/Furla co-financed the film with Exclusive.
Anna Kendrick and Natalie Martinez also star with Ayers writing and directing.
Story follows the longtime partnership of two LAPD officers as they confront marriage, love, fatherhood and the harsh realities of the Los Angeles streets. Kendrick and Martinez will play the officers’ love interest.
Ayers and John Lesher will produce through Ayer’s Crave Films and Lesher’s Le Grisbi Productions.
