When it comes to a mafia movie dream team it doesn’t get any better than Joe Pesci, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino and famed filmmaker Martin Scorsese.
This iconic group is now set to team up in Scorsese’s new mob film called “The Irishman” according to new reports. There have been rumors of Pesci coming out of retirement to reunite with DeNiro and Scorsese on the project but he reportedly turned down the role multiple times. But it seems they finally made him an offer he couldn’t refuse and he is in final negotiations to join the project according to DigitalTrends. If all the deals are finalized as expected filming on The Irishman is set to begin in and around New York in July.
The movie is based on a novel by Charles Brandt called “I Heard You Paint Houses” which supposedly tells the true story of the disappearance of labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa. Brandt was the lawyers for hitman Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran and the story is based on his deathbed confession. According to reports, DeNiro is set to play the role of Sheeran with Pacino playing the role of Hoffa. Pesci is expected to play the role of Mafia boss Russell Bufalino who was suspected of playing a role in Hoffa’s disappearance. There have also been reports of Harvey Keitel being added to play the role of Philadelphia Mafia boss Angelo Bruno along with Bobby Cannavale who would play the role of New York Mafia boss Crazy Joe Gallo.
The rights to finance and distribute the film were purchased by Netflix and they plan to give it a theatrical run of some sorts so that it qualifies for the Academy Awards according to reports. This has definitely been a highly anticipated project by fans of the mafia genre and would certainly make a huge splash if everything goes to plan. When it comes to new mafia movies this may be the last time we see this kind of compilation of talent! If filming begins this month it is expected to run through December and it is still unknown as to when the movie would be ready to release.
Wow if they can pull this off and get all three of those guys set to play those roles this could be one hell of a movie. We haven’t really seen a great new mafia movie in quite some time but this group of guys never seems to disappoint so I would really be looking forward to seeing this one. Hopefully everything goes well and we get to see this released sometime next year.
ya lets hope so, i dont think any of these guys have had a hit in some time
True it has been a while so lets hope they can shake the rust off!
plus harvey Keitel, i just watched Bad Lieutenant for the 100th time last night night
A lot of people slept on “Killing them softly” I thought that was a great mafia movie.
That was a pretty good one
Definitely one of the more realistic mob movies
Yes, also i think Black Mass was pretty good as well.
I have to disagree, black mass was shit. Another fake Hollywood gangster flick claiming to be a true story. That movie got so Hollywooded out it’s not even funny.
I could have enjoyed Black Mass if I didn’t already read the book and know the story. Entertainment wise it was fine but I was constantly annoyed at how blatantly untrue some of the scenes were. Whitey berating John Martorano publicly in the bar over the peanuts, never would have happened. Whitey would have been smoked by that mad dog for talking to him like that. Kidnap and assault of a Anguillo brother. No f*****g way. First off Winterhill had business with The Northend and secondly even if there was some beef Whitey aint gonna just fuck up the Underboss of the Patriarca Family. His own guys gave interviews after the movie saying absolutely no way those events would ever occur.
Ya that’s basically how I felt about that movie. They took a story that is in itself, in real life very interesting and very sellable to the public and for some reason altered it.
Maybe there were certain legalities behind the scenes that required the script to be that way, who knows, but it was completely unnecessary. I’m also a Johnny Depp fan, think he’s a great and versatile actor but I really didn’t get choosing him for the role of whitey.
I really hope it works out. Some times it gets too hyped up and its a set up for disappointment. The book was definitely pretty good. Its Pacino I worry about haha. He is one of the greats but always seems to overdo his character in the last decade or two. Think about how subdued he was in The Godfather or Serpico, any of his older greats. Then in the second half of his career he is over the top shouting and animated.. That only works sometimes like in HEAT it worked. Im intrigued to see Pesci playing an actual Mob Boss this time. Hopefully none of these guys try and one up the other. Scorses can probably manage all these guys fine. Definitely excited for it to come out.
These are honestly the best actors in the genre. The fact that they haven’t made any recent hits doesn’t take away from that. They’ve already put out enough material that can’t be topped, or extremely unlikely to be topped at the very least.
Also ray romano (ray from everybody loves Raymond) has been signed up. Was decent enough in his brief role on rob the mob but interesting to see who would play.
Infact just seen he’s due to play bill buffalino!
I thought that DeNiro was at the point of his career where he only made idiotic grandpa fail comedies.