Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese are teaming up again for another flick that is sure to involve violence and a lot of yelling.
The film is about mob hitman Frank “the Irishman” Sheeran. De Niro won’t be playing him.
Just kidding!
Of course he is!
The film is being adapted from Charles Brandt’s book – I Heard You Paint Houses – by Steve Zaillian, who wrote Schindler’s List and American Gangster. The phrase “I heard you paint houses” refers to the bloody mess left after a a good old mob slaying.
Based on an alleged confession from Sheeran, Brandt’s book is about the murder and dismemberment (Ewww!) of Teamster union leader Jimmy Hoffa at the direction of mob leader Russell Bufalino. Hoffa was notorious for his mob connections, spending 15 years in jail in 1964 for attempted bribery of a grand juror.
The film easily follows in the footsteps of De Niro’s and Scoresese’s previous collaborations, such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas.
[Images via WENN.]
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