D'Onofrio, Sorvino join cast of Irishman for Lightning
Vincent D’Onofrio, Paul Sorvino and Vinnie Jones have joined Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer in Code Entertainment’s The Irishman.
Lightning Entertainment is pre-selling in Cannes.
Shooting is set to begin next week in Detroit on the story of Boston Irish gangster Danny Greene’s fearsome battle with the US mafia. Jonathan Dana and ICM are representing North American rights.
Jonathan Hensleigh is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jeremy Walters, inspired by Rick Porrello’s To Kill The Irishman: The War That Crippled The Mafia.
Steve Schirripa, Fionnula Flanagan, Laura Ramsey, Linda Cardellini, Bob Gunton and Tony Lo Bianco have also joined the cast.
Code Entertainment’s Al Corley, Bart Rosenblatt, and Eugene Musso are producing with Dundee Entertainment’s Tommy Reid and Tara Reid, who brought the property to Code. Dana, Peter Miller, and Porrello are executive producers.
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Shondor Birns | 21-Jun-2009 12:53 pm
DANNY GREENE WAS A CLEVELAND NATIVE, BORN AND RAISED. THERE'S AN INFORMATIVE DOCUMENTARY ON AN IRISH WEBSITE THAT DETAILS THE REALITY ETTRER THAN THIS MOVIE SEEEMS TO BE HEADING. HE WAS A GOVERNMENT INFORMARE, LIKE VICTOR MCLAUGHLIN IN THE 1930S MOVIE; "THE INFORMER". HE HAD A HOLY CARD IN HIS POSSESSION WHEN FERRITO TRIGGERED THE "JOE BLOW" CAR. MAYBE HIS GUARDIAN ANGEL WAS ON THE PHONE AT THE TIME. LEST WE FORGET, HE WAS AN INFORMER. pEACE.
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