Paramount Pictures is plotting a return to organized crime for Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. The studio has set Steve Zaillian to adapt "I Heard You Paint Houses," the book about the mob assassin who many believe was involved in the death of Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa.
Scorsese is attached to direct. De Niro will play Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran, who is reputed to have carried out more than 25 mob murders. It will be produced by Scorsese with Tribeca partners De Niro and Jane Rosenthal. The project landed at Paramount through the overall deal that the studio has with Scorsese’s Sikelia Prods.
Steve Zallian who is most known for his Oscar winning screenplay on Schindlers List has also worked on the more recent, American Gangster and Gangs of New York.
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This has the potential to be an absolutely phenomenal crime saga film. The tag team of Scorsese and Deniro have worked together on such classics as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino and those are just off the top of my head! That combined with the talented Steve Zallian and this is shaping up to be quite good for us moviegoers.
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