Eric the Fall Guy Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-de-star-warner-bros-gangster-drama-wise-guys-1235199314/ Quote Warners’ first original feature of the Warner Bros. Discovery era is here … and it’s a period mobster drama fronted by two Hollywood veterans. Returning to the genre that made him a household name, Robert De Niro will star in Wise Guys, a feature intended for theatrical distribution that will be directed by Barry Levinson, the filmmaker known for 1980s classic Rain Man and movies such as Wag the Dog. Nicholas Pileggi, who coincidentally authored Wiseguy, the 1985 book that was the basis for the 1990 De Niro-Martin Scorsese crime classic, Goodfellas, wrote the script. Irwin Winkler, best known for producing the Rocky movies as well as being a producer on Goodfellas, is a producer. The project is centered on Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, two Italian-American crime bosses that ran their respective families in the middle of the 20th century. In 1957, Genovese attempted to assassinate Costello but failed, although he was wounded and decided to retire, as much as one can retire from the Mafia. De Niro would play both characters, according to sources. Wise Guys is an interesting choice for Warners, which under new president and CEO David Zaslav has been cutting and shelving projects, re-examining its DC slate, and figuring out which movies to push ahead on a theatrical level, now that the all-in-on-streaming strategy from the previous AT&T regime has been discarded. Zaslav has championed the Wiseguys, with its pickup initiated in late May under Warners’ former Toby Emmerich and Carolyn Blackwood regime. The project doesn’t seem to have the hallmarks of a tentpole — big-budgets, visual effects, big intellectual property — nor does it feel like “young Hollywood,” something that would seemingly attract the demographic most known for going to the movies. Instead, it feels like a throwback, and has a team whose average age is four score — De Niro is 78, Levinson is 80, and Winkler is 91. (The studio, run by Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, do have Joker: Folie a Deux as their first greenlight.) 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eric the Fall Guy Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 I can't wait to see Mr. Wolf and Mr. Shark and all my other favorite characters in this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) Irony: Wise Guys is the name of the book that Goodfellows was taken from; changed the name because a Mafia themed TV show was called "Wise Guys" ( a traditonal nickname for Mafia members 'Made" or not, the term Goodfellows was acreated nickname for the movie) was on when the movie was being made.. Looking forward to this. I love Mafia movies. Edited April 6, 2023 by dudalb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Retitled to Alto Knights and delayed 9 months to November 2024. 'Aquaman 2' Pushed 2 Days, Robert De Niro Film Renamed 'Alto Knights' (variety.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric the Fall Guy Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 https://deadline.com/2024/03/the-batman-2-release-date-2026-1235856229/ Now March 21, 2025 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Oof, pretty rough move for a de niro gangster drama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...