Bada bing! It's enough to make the toughest made man fall to his knees and weep with joy. The latest rumour from tinseltown is that not only are Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro working together again - 15 years after their last collaboration Casino - but also that Al Pacino and Joe Pesci may be getting involved.
Scorsese and De Niro have been in talks for a couple of years to get The Irishman off the ground. The story is based on the life of Frank Sheeran (nicknamed 'The Irishman"), a mob hitman with apparently 25 murders to his name.
The book on which the film will be based is by Charles Brandt, a close friend of Sheeran, with the screenplay written by Steve Zaillian (who penned Scorsese's 2002 epic Gangs of New York).
Although the project looked as if it had stalled, Deadline is now reporting that it's back on, with Pacino and Pesci currently in negotiations to take roles. Pesci has appeared with DeNiro in Raging Bull, Casino and (his career-best) Goodfellas. Pacino famously teamed up with De Niro for 1995's Heat, having previously starred in, but not appeared together in The Godfather Part II.
One thing's for sure, if this meeting of the wiseguys comes off it'll make this year's toughfest The Expendables look pretty much ummm... expendable.
Scorsese and De Niro have been in talks for a couple of years to get The Irishman off the ground. The story is based on the life of Frank Sheeran (nicknamed 'The Irishman"), a mob hitman with apparently 25 murders to his name.
The book on which the film will be based is by Charles Brandt, a close friend of Sheeran, with the screenplay written by Steve Zaillian (who penned Scorsese's 2002 epic Gangs of New York).
Although the project looked as if it had stalled, Deadline is now reporting that it's back on, with Pacino and Pesci currently in negotiations to take roles. Pesci has appeared with DeNiro in Raging Bull, Casino and (his career-best) Goodfellas. Pacino famously teamed up with De Niro for 1995's Heat, having previously starred in, but not appeared together in The Godfather Part II.
One thing's for sure, if this meeting of the wiseguys comes off it'll make this year's toughfest The Expendables look pretty much ummm... expendable.
