Possibly the only thing that could give me any hope about the future of Robert De Niro’s acting career would be seeing him re-team with Martin Scorsese…which is exactly what is now slated to happen. Paramount is set to produce Steve Zallian’s adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses, which chronicles the late life of Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran, the man said by many to be responsible for the death of Jimmy Hoffa.
Robert De Niro will be playing Sheeran, and Scorsese is now attached to direct.
The book, written by Charles Brandt, is the result of Brandt’s friendship with Sheernan prior to the latter’s death. Sheernan confessed many murders to Brandt, including Hoffa, who he claims to have dismembered.
When I first got wind of this story and the involvement of Hoffa, I had a moment’s flash of hope that the subject was an adaptation of James Ellroy’s The Cold Six Thousand, which would have me me plotz. As disatisfied as I am with his current career, I could see De Niro just killing as Ward Littell. This will do just fine, though. Between this and his new work with Michael Mann (on Frankie Machine) we could see an all-new return to the great old De Niro.
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this is excellent news. it won't be long, i'm sure, until they announce they're changing the quirky and intriguing title to something utterly bland and uninspiring, like "the killer."
It ain't the dream team without Paul Schrader.
Yeah you're right. Paul Schrader wasn't involved with Mean Streets, The King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, or Casino, and they all just blew.
De Niro's playing Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran? What the hell? That dude was like 6 foot 5 muscular Irish-Swede. That makes no damn sense. Cast him as Hoffa in that and then cast John Goodman as Frank Sheeran.. he's tall and Irish-looking, and has the jowls for it.
best news in a long while (superhero unrelated, heh)
Deniro will pull out before the camera's roll. Just wait.
im a little afraid that de niro will still do his same schtick, even with scorese (the half smile while nodding the head, staring sentences while nodding the head then completing them) but lets keep our fingers crossed
It's cool that they're casting de Niro. He's been great in "Godsend", "Righteous Kill" and "Rocky & Bullwinkle". And he looks so much like Sheeran, especially size-wise, that it's frightening. I guess Shia will be Hoffa, then, going by this choice?
Peci as Hoffa!
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