Harry Potter director to tackle Al Capone biopic focusing on the gangster's early years and starring Inception actor Tom Hardy
Bronson and Inception actor, Tom Hardy, will play Al Capone in Cicero, an origins story on the Chicago crime boss's rise to power, according to New York magazine's Vulture blog.
Harry Potter director David Yates is set to direct the film for Warner Bros, which is rumoured to be the first of a franchise. If so, it will likely cover Capone's childhood in New York, his teenage years as a member of the infamous Five Points Gang and his move to the southside Chicago suburb of Cicero, where he made millions running illegal speakeasies during Prohibition.
Capone's life story has already inspired a number of Hollywood adaptations. Rod Steiger took a pop at the role in Richard Wilson's 1959 biopic, Robert De Niro gathered his guns for 1987's The Untouchables,...
Bronson and Inception actor, Tom Hardy, will play Al Capone in Cicero, an origins story on the Chicago crime boss's rise to power, according to New York magazine's Vulture blog.
Harry Potter director David Yates is set to direct the film for Warner Bros, which is rumoured to be the first of a franchise. If so, it will likely cover Capone's childhood in New York, his teenage years as a member of the infamous Five Points Gang and his move to the southside Chicago suburb of Cicero, where he made millions running illegal speakeasies during Prohibition.
Capone's life story has already inspired a number of Hollywood adaptations. Rod Steiger took a pop at the role in Richard Wilson's 1959 biopic, Robert De Niro gathered his guns for 1987's The Untouchables,...
- 7/18/2011
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
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