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Nicolas Cage and John Woo Reunite for 'Gambino' Crime Biopic Shopped at AFM

WME Independent is launching AFM sales, with NextG Films financing the newly packaged project.

Overview

  • Cage will portray Carlo Gambino, with Woo directing their first collaboration since 1997's Face/Off.
  • The film frames Gambino’s story through Pulitzer-winning journalist Jimmy Breslin’s investigation following the mob boss’s death.
  • George Gallo and Oscar winner Nick Vallelonga wrote the screenplay.
  • Producers include Cassian Elwes, Edward Zeng of NextG Films, Robert Daly Jr., and David Lipper, with NextG financing; Cage, Gallo, and Vallelonga are also producing.
  • WME Independent has launched the project for sales at the American Film Market after the title was retooled from an earlier iteration.