Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Barry Levinson are set to reunite for Warner Bros.’ mob drama Wise Guys.
The two most recently worked together on 2017’s Emmy-nominated Bernie Madoff TV-movie The Wizard of Lies, having previously teamed up on two of Levinson’s most-acclaimed offerings; Wag The Dog (1997) and Sleepers (1996).
Deadline reports that Wise Guys is a period piece which tells the story of Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of Italian Americans running two separate crime families during the mid-20th century. Genovese tried and failed to assassinate Costello in 1957, though the latter wound up taking his leave from the mob after being injured during the attempt on his life.
According to the story, De Niro is looking to play the parts of both Vito Genovese and Frank Costello. The script will be written by Goodfellas scribe Nicholas Pileggi, while Irwin Winkler (Rocky) is on board as a producer.
Next up for screen legend De Niro is the Martin Scorsese Apple TV+ film, Killers of the Flower Moon, which is out in March 2023.
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