Robert De Niro and the films about the mafia are a winning combination, and the actor will now play the two protagonists of “Wise Guys”, a new film about the mafia written by Nicholas Pileggi, author of the book “Those good guys”.
“Wise Guys” will be directed by Barry Levinson, best known for directing “Rain Man,” and will star as producer Irwin Winkler of “Goodfellas” and “Rocky”.
The story of the film will revolve around Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, two crime bosses who starred throughout the 20th century. Costello was the head of a large crime family, but Genovese attempted to kill him in 1957. The bombing failed and Costello survived, but was wounded. Eventually he ceded his position of power to the Genoese and withdrew.
Thus, the Genovese family became known as a crime family and one of the “Five Families” of the New York mafia.
De Niro will play both Costello and Genovese in the film and, despite the difficulties of playing two characters at the same time, mafia films practically run in his acting blood. He has great films to his credit such as “Goodfellas”, “The Godfather 2”, “Casino” and “The Irishman”.
His collaboration with Martin Scorsese is known as one of the greatest in Hollywood. Recently, director Jordan Peele even called actor Daniel Kaluuya his “De Niro,” a reference to this relationship between directors.
The duo will win another film, “Killers of the Flower Moon”, which is slated for release in 2023 and will also star Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons and Lily Gladstone.
“Wise Guys” does not yet have an announced release window.
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