The Irishman (Scorsese, De Niro, Pesci and Pacino)

Auvers wrote: »

but stick them together with Scorsese and base the movie around gangsters, surely it cant fail

hardCopy wrote: »

Who played the barman in that scene?

Joe Pesci Joins The Cast Of Gotti: Three Generations

13 April 2011 2:05 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Nobody plays a gangster quite like Joe Pesci. From Goodfellas to Casino, there's nothing like watching a 5'4" angry Italian man beating the crap out of somebody - or in the case of Casino, watching the crap get beaten out of them. As a result, genre fans were elated when it was reported at the end of last year that Pesci would be joining the cast of The Irishman, Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Charles Brandt's book I Heard You Paint Houses, with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Unfortunately, that project has since been sidelined, meaning that Pesci is looking for work. Sadly, he's found some. Deadline reports that Pesci has landed a role in Nick Cassavetes' Gotti: Three Generations. He joins a cast that already includes John Travolta - who will be playing John Gotti Jr. - and potentially Lindsey Lohan, who is currently in talks, »

EXCLUSIVE: Martin Scorsese’s mob picture The Irishman has landed at STX Entertainment in a huge deal for international rights that could be a recent record for Cannes. We’re hearing the buy could be worth as much as $50 million. It was struck very late Saturday night L.A. time after lengthy negotiations that went through the night and comes after Fabrica de Cine closed a deal with Paramount at week’s end to finance the film. That’s similar to the structure set last year at Cannes for Scorsese’s Silence — to the tune of some $100 million. Paramount will retain domestic on the picture, which hopes to reunite Scorsese with Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel, as well as to team Al Pacino with Scorsese for the first time in their storied careers.

This is by far the biggest deal of this Cannes and the project the marketplace has been waiting for. In the run-up to the festival, all the talk had been of how this was going to be Amazon’s year, with the major disrupter’s five titles, including fest opener Cafe Society. Now, with this and the Molly’s Game deal, which Deadline also broke, one can argue Cannes 2016 reps STX’s coming of age as a genuine global player.

“We could not be more excited or privileged to have secured the international rights to this incredible motion picture,” said STX international president David Kosse. “Fabrica de Cine’s vision and support in putting together this film is incredible. Martin Scorsese is one of the world’s most accomplished filmmakers and The Irishman is precisely the kind of premiere tentpole programming that will help distinguish STX as we continue to build our studio and especially our infrastructure overseas.”

The bidding war in the days running up to and during Cannes sawalmost everyone kicking the tires. The final bids came down to Universal, Fox and STX going toe-to-toe with Lionsgate along with Stuart Ford’s IM Global and Alex Walton’s Bloom also in the mix. This is not only a major get for STX but will energize what has been a modest sales market to date.

The ambitious new studio now has a major tentpole film to feed through its output deals and also a major title to self-distribute in the UK once Kosse, a highly respected veteran, launches its new distribution outfit. STX announced the opening of its international division earlier this year with Kosse at its helm. STX Motion Picture Group chairman Adam Fogelson and Kosse had previously worked together at Universal. They hired Shyama Friedenson, who had worked in international marketing at Paramount, StudioCanal and Lionsgate. So they’re well-equipped to launch The Irishman.

“We value STX’s passion and belief in this project,” said Fabrica chairman and chief executive Gaston Pavlovich. “Seeing the dynamism of their team, the experience of their senior executives, and their shared vision for creating powerful content, we decided to entrust STX Entertainment with The Irishman as the best possible partner to handle the international distribution for this project. They are passionate about film and were excited to be such an important part of creating this long-awaited collaboration between the legendary actors and director, which will be a milestone in film history. The Irishman is an event on a global scale, and Adam and David are innovative and entrepreneurs with one of the best executive teams working in the business today.”

Agent Coulson wrote: »

It's based on the life of Frank Sheeran who before he died confessed to killing Jimmy Hoffa.

It will be based on the book.... I Heard You Paint Houses.

It's also the movie that will bring Joe Pesci out of retirement.

ricero wrote: »

Why did pesci retire in the first place ? Great actor