**LA Confidential **reunion klaxon! All right, so it’s just Kim Basinger and Russell Crowe from the crime classic that will share the screen once again, but it is for another period piece set in a dangerous time for the City of Angels. The actress has joined the cast of Shane Black’s new thriller, **The Nice Guys{
Black co-wrote the script with Anthony Bagarozzi, and the story is set in the 1970s. Ryan Gosling will be wayward, troubled private eye Holland March, who crosses paths with hired muscle Jackson Healy (Crowe). These unlikely allies must prowl the mean streets of Los Angeles to solve the case of a missing girl, which soon develops links to the death of a porn star. As they unravel the cases, they discover a massive conspiracy with tentacles in the highest levels of power.
Margaret Qualley, who was recently seen in HBO drama The Leftovers, is the daughter of a corrupt chief justice. Her character just so happens to be the spitting image of a porn star named Misty Mountains. And Basinger is set as her mother, the crooked official who is in the pay of criminals. Matt Bomer is aboard in an unspecified role, while Keith David and Beau Knapp recently signed on to play villains.
Black is aiming at a June 17, 2016 release date. Basinger, last seen in Grudge Matc****h, is part of Anders Morgenthaler’s drama I Am Here, which doesn’t yet have a UK release date set.