Barry Levinson Set To Direct Al Pacino Starring, David Mamet-Scripted JFK Thriller ‘Assassination’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Oscar winning filmmaker Barry Levinson is stepping in to direct the David Mamet scripted drama, Assassination, we hear, and is putting his own stamp on the project.
Deadline first reported about the movie out of Cannes. Two-time Oscar nominee and Pulitzer Prize winner Mamet was originally set to direct the movie which tells the story of how infamous Chicago mobster Sam Giancana arranged the assassination of President John F Kennedy as payback for trying to bring down organized crime after the mob helped put JFK in the White House.
BAFTA winner Shia LaBeouf and Oscar winner Al Pacino remain attached to the film; the latter playing Tony Accardo, a menacing senior mob boss.
Pic is being produced by Corey Large (It Follows), Jason Sosnoff (Wise Guys), and Nicholas Celozzi (TheClass). Celozzi is Giancana’s grandnephew.
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