Apr 29, 2013 04:26 PM EST

LA Confidential TV Series in the Works

We could be seeing an "L.A. Confidential" TV series sometime soon, according to reports.

Author James Ellroy and New Regency are shopping around the project, which was written by Ellroy. The series will be a drama that will be offered to networks as a straight-to-series commitment.

"L.A. Confidential", the novel wirtten by Ellroy, eventually was adapted in a film in 1997 and starred Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger and Guy Pearce.