Joe Pesci has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against Fiore Films, the producer of Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father, the latest hiccup in the making of the drama about the son of Mafia boss John Gotti Sr. In the suit, filed Wednesday, Pesci claims he was offered the role of Gotti Sr right-hand man Angelo Ruggiero and a $3 million payday, but after Fiore Films promoted the movie with him in the part and the actor gained 30 pounds for the role, it offered Pesci $1 million and a lesser role. ’
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Joe Pesci Sues Producer Over 'Gotti' Movie
Kelly Preston Joins 'Gotti' Pic
Kelly Preston will play Victoria Gotti, the wife of John Gotti Sr., in Fiore Films’ indie biopic Gotti: Three Generations. She will play opposite her real-life husband, John Travolta, who plays the Dapper Don.
John Travolta has dinner with John Gotti Jr.: is someone about to get whacked?
Last night, John Travolta had dinner John Angelo Gotti, son of the late John Gotti (Senior?). Apparently, this one is known as ‘
John Junior Gotti will tell father-son mob story for film Sylvester Stallone to star?
(HMG Celebrity Gossip) – Yesterday it was announced that John ‘
'Goodfellas' TV Series Has Town Jumping; But Will Majors Align To John Gotti Jr. Pic?
EXCLUSIVE: It’s turning out to be an interesting week for projects based on organized crime. Just as HBO’s Boardwalk Empire was renewed for a second season after one superb Martin Scorsese-directed pilot episode, I’m told that there’s a hot new TV project in the offing: a series version of Goodfellas, the 1990 Scorsese mob classic written by Nicholas Pileggi. My sources tell me that Pileggi’s likely to write at least the pilot episode. Warner Bros TV is in lead position to grab the series — the studio distributed the original pic — though several studios want it. Scorsese’s participation is unclear, but Irwin Winkler is likely to be the TV exec producer.
This information came my way on the same day that John Gotti Jr announced he’s set up his rights for a feature film that purports to tell a “father-son story” about growing up the son of John Gotti Sr, the Dapper Don who headed the Gambino crime family. Gotti Jr has aligned with Fiore Films, which claims it will start production in March. “During the past 20 years, there have been numerous made-for-television movies, books and other representations about me, my father and our family,” Gotti Jr. said in a statement. “None of these projects were done in cooperation with my family and in most cases did not accurately reflect our lives. This film will not … Read More
John Gotti Jr. Ready To Tell His Mob Life Story In Docu, Film, Book Projects
EXCLUSIVE: In what could turn into a genuine Sopranos-like look at growing up in an organized crime family, mob scion John Gotti Jr. is ready to tell his story in a documentary film, a feature film, and a book.
Gotti Jr., the former head of the Gambino crime family, will soon be looking to make deals to tell a father-son story and what it was like to grow up with a dad who was the most famous mob boss in America. Gotti Jr. followed in his father’s footsteps, eventually taking over after his father, John Gotti, was sent to prison for [...]