Regisseur Joe Carnahan (Narc) is vastgelegd voor de regie van White Jazz, de verfilming van het gelijknamige boek van de Amerikaanse misdaadschrijver James Ellroy. Het boek is, na The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere en L.A. Confidential, de vierde en laatste in Ellroys L.A.-kwartet.
"My brother and I wrote the adaptation. That script is one of my favorites. It's heartbreaking. It's, to me, what that book always was - the point of departure from the Eisenhower 50s to the psychedelic freakshow, Manson 60s. It's a total combination of the two with a heavy, heavy voice-over narration, this kind of classic noir. I love the script, dude. I'm going to get it out there - once it's done I'm going to get it on the internet so people can read it."