Goodlfellas co-writer Nicholas Pileggi is moving forward with a film based on the life of Lucky Luciano. The filmmaker will write and produce the film based on the bio The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano, which is said to be the definitive story of Luciano.
Writers Martin Gosch and Richard Hammer collaborated with Luciano on the book. Luciano was holding a copy of the manuscript when he died of a heart attack while meeting with Gosch and Hammer at a airport in Naples.
Pileggi is producing the film alongside Bob Debrino (Find Me Guilty), Gray Fredrickson (The Godfather) and Sally Lear.
Source: Deadline...
Writers Martin Gosch and Richard Hammer collaborated with Luciano on the book. Luciano was holding a copy of the manuscript when he died of a heart attack while meeting with Gosch and Hammer at a airport in Naples.
Pileggi is producing the film alongside Bob Debrino (Find Me Guilty), Gray Fredrickson (The Godfather) and Sally Lear.
Source: Deadline...
- 6/20/2013
- by Philip Sticco
- LRMonline.com
Exclusive: Producers Bob DeBrino (Find Me Guilty), Gray Fredrickson (The Godfather), Sally Lear and Goodfellas writer-producer Nicholas Pileggi are taking a shot at making the definitive film on mobster Lucky Luciano. They’ve optioned The Last Testament Of Lucky Luciano, a book by Martin Gosch and Richard Hammer that the producers feel is the only bio the Gotham gangster authorized and collaborated on with the writers. They interviewed Luciano while he lived in exile in Naples, Italy, and Luciano met with Gosch at Naples airport, where he was given the completed manuscript of his story. During their meeting Luciano died from an unexpected heart attack, clutching the story of his life in his hands. Members of the underworld and law enforcement question, “Was it a heart attack, or was he silenced before he could tell his story.”And what a story Luciano had to tell. Beyond his rise in organized crime,...
- 6/20/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Thai director Prachya Pinkaew will make his English-language directorial debut with Millennium Films’ action thriller "Elephant White," starring Djimon Hounsou and Kevin Bacon.
The director, whose credits include "Chocolate" and "Ong-bak," will begin filming the screenplay by Kevin Bernhardt in Thailand on March 8.
Hounsou will play a mercenary, while Bacon portrays an old acquaintance of Hounsou's character whose allegiance can't be trusted.
Producing are Frank De Martini, Peter Safran, Tom Waller and Sally Lear. Avi Lerner, Christian Mercuri, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and John Thompson serve as executive producers.
The director, whose credits include "Chocolate" and "Ong-bak," will begin filming the screenplay by Kevin Bernhardt in Thailand on March 8.
Hounsou will play a mercenary, while Bacon portrays an old acquaintance of Hounsou's character whose allegiance can't be trusted.
Producing are Frank De Martini, Peter Safran, Tom Waller and Sally Lear. Avi Lerner, Christian Mercuri, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and John Thompson serve as executive producers.
- 2/17/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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