John Travolta is calling out the nature of the reports that his John Gotti biopic, in which he plays the notorious mobster, will no longer be released just 10 days before it was set to come out on Dec. 15.
Movie studio Lionsgate sold the film Gotti back to the production company Emmett/Furla/Oasis, according to multiple reports on Tuesday, thus scrapping its planned release later this month. On Wednesday, Travolta called the reports that his movie was abruptly pulled "grossly wrong."
“Unfortunately, the reports were speculation bordering on fake news,” Travolta tells Deadline. “Lionsgate was planning on a minimal release, and I did an investigation into people who might have the interest and financial wherewithal to better release it. [Producer] Ed [Walson] is a fan of mine and of the Gotti story and really wanted to see the movie. I invited his group, they saw it and bought it. That is the simple explanation for this."
The 63-year-old actor stresses...
Movie studio Lionsgate sold the film Gotti back to the production company Emmett/Furla/Oasis, according to multiple reports on Tuesday, thus scrapping its planned release later this month. On Wednesday, Travolta called the reports that his movie was abruptly pulled "grossly wrong."
“Unfortunately, the reports were speculation bordering on fake news,” Travolta tells Deadline. “Lionsgate was planning on a minimal release, and I did an investigation into people who might have the interest and financial wherewithal to better release it. [Producer] Ed [Walson] is a fan of mine and of the Gotti story and really wanted to see the movie. I invited his group, they saw it and bought it. That is the simple explanation for this."
The 63-year-old actor stresses...
- 12/6/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
After being dropped by distributor Lionsgate just ten days before its set release, the seemingly ill-fated John Travolta-starring John Gotti biopic might get a new lease on life, at least if its producers’ big gamble pays off. A new report from Deadline holds that the film left Lionsgate because of release plan squabbles — it was set to be released by Lionsgate Premiere (which specializes in specialty and limited releases), and its producers were eager to take it to a wide release. The outlet reports that “there was a buy-back clause in the distribution agreement, so the producers exercised it. It was never a matter of Lionsgate dumping the film.”
Still, that’s a hell of a last minute change to make, especially when the film’s release date and plan have been locked for months now. Deadline adds that an outside investor has back the film “so that it...
Still, that’s a hell of a last minute change to make, especially when the film’s release date and plan have been locked for months now. Deadline adds that an outside investor has back the film “so that it...
- 12/6/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Looks like this month is about to get a whole lot less merry for one jettisoned project, as the Tracking Board reports that Lionsgate has dropped its John Travolta-starring mob drama “Gotti” just ten days before its scheduled release. A source revealed to the outlet that the film has also been sold back to its producers, Emmett/Furla/Oasis, which produced the film alongside Highland Film Group and Fiore Films.
The film was slated to debut under the Lionsgate Premiere banner next week, but has now been pulled from the release schedule until a new distributor can be found. The outlet adds that the producers will soon start that process, and the film will likely be moved to a 2018 date.
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The film was slated to debut under the Lionsgate Premiere banner next week, but has now been pulled from the release schedule until a new distributor can be found. The outlet adds that the producers will soon start that process, and the film will likely be moved to a 2018 date.
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- 12/5/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
“I feel like a virgin at a eunuch convention.”
Married To The Mob screens Friday, June 24th at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood). This is the sixth film in their ‘Tribute to Jonathan Demme’ The movie starts at 8:00pm.
In director Jonathan Demme’s 1988 comedy Married To The Mob, Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Angela Demarco, the widow of a recently “iced” Mob hit-man who moves from her garishly tacky Long Island home to start a new life for herself and her son, while being pursued by Mob boss Dean Stockwell and FBI man Matthew Modine. Married To The Mob has lots going for it including a very amusing script; offbeat characters; sudden sharp turns to unexpected violence, and a hilarious yet menacing, Oscar-nominated performance by Stockwell and and also by Mercedes Ruehl, as his jealous wife from hell, But Ms Pfeiffer steals the show easily. She perfectly nails Angela’s under-educated,...
Married To The Mob screens Friday, June 24th at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood). This is the sixth film in their ‘Tribute to Jonathan Demme’ The movie starts at 8:00pm.
In director Jonathan Demme’s 1988 comedy Married To The Mob, Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Angela Demarco, the widow of a recently “iced” Mob hit-man who moves from her garishly tacky Long Island home to start a new life for herself and her son, while being pursued by Mob boss Dean Stockwell and FBI man Matthew Modine. Married To The Mob has lots going for it including a very amusing script; offbeat characters; sudden sharp turns to unexpected violence, and a hilarious yet menacing, Oscar-nominated performance by Stockwell and and also by Mercedes Ruehl, as his jealous wife from hell, But Ms Pfeiffer steals the show easily. She perfectly nails Angela’s under-educated,...
- 6/19/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Tony Sokol Apr 21, 2017
The first trailer for indie martial arts film Bound By Debt brutalises the screen.
The new trailer for the hard hitting independent action movie Bound By Debt packs a lot of punch, along with kicks, strikes and chokeholds. The underground film about the underground fight world is set to enter the ring in December 2017.
Bound by Debt marks the debut of writer-director Anna Mormando. Martial artist and film fight choreographer Paul Mormando (Double Fist, American Sensei) plays Dylan James, a Mixed Martial Arts competitor who fights for the same mob that his degenerate gambling brother Robert, played by Bobby Ciasulli of Real Housewives Of New Jersey, is in debt to.
Mob boss Mr. Russo, played by Samuel Difiore (The Genesis Project), holds Robert’s wife and two daughters Alexis (Nikki Silva) and Nicole (Alexis Mormando) as a personal marker. The film also features Michele Frantzeskos (The Right To Live...
The first trailer for indie martial arts film Bound By Debt brutalises the screen.
The new trailer for the hard hitting independent action movie Bound By Debt packs a lot of punch, along with kicks, strikes and chokeholds. The underground film about the underground fight world is set to enter the ring in December 2017.
Bound by Debt marks the debut of writer-director Anna Mormando. Martial artist and film fight choreographer Paul Mormando (Double Fist, American Sensei) plays Dylan James, a Mixed Martial Arts competitor who fights for the same mob that his degenerate gambling brother Robert, played by Bobby Ciasulli of Real Housewives Of New Jersey, is in debt to.
Mob boss Mr. Russo, played by Samuel Difiore (The Genesis Project), holds Robert’s wife and two daughters Alexis (Nikki Silva) and Nicole (Alexis Mormando) as a personal marker. The film also features Michele Frantzeskos (The Right To Live...
- 4/20/2017
- Den of Geek
Bruce Willis has taken Hollywood by storm, starring in over 60 films and with multiple awards under his belt, including a prestigious Golden Globe; he most definitely is everyone’s favourite hard man. To celebrate the release of his new film, Marauders in cinemas December 26th, we count down our top five Bruce Willis roles.
Die Hard
With over five blockbusters in the franchise and another rumoured in production, there is no doubt that Officer John McClane is one of the ultimate Bruce Willis roles. Starring alongside the late Alan Rickman as the frightfully villainous German terrorist Hans Gruber, NYPD Cop John (Willis) must go to any length to save his wife and the rest of her colleagues after they were taken hostage at their Christmas party at mega corporation Nakatomi. Bruce’s break out role has been widely regarded as the best action film of the 1980s and most definitely his most memorable role.
Die Hard
With over five blockbusters in the franchise and another rumoured in production, there is no doubt that Officer John McClane is one of the ultimate Bruce Willis roles. Starring alongside the late Alan Rickman as the frightfully villainous German terrorist Hans Gruber, NYPD Cop John (Willis) must go to any length to save his wife and the rest of her colleagues after they were taken hostage at their Christmas party at mega corporation Nakatomi. Bruce’s break out role has been widely regarded as the best action film of the 1980s and most definitely his most memorable role.
- 12/26/2016
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Exclusive: The Last Don Standing, the book that recounts the life of Philadelphia Mob Boss Ralph Natale, known as one of the only La Costra Nostra bosses to flip and become a federal witness, is being developed as a feature film and a starring vehicle for Frank Grillo (Kingdom, Purge franchise). The book from New York Daily News reporter Larry McShane and producer Dan Pearson, compiles Natale’s frank accounts of the murder of Bugsy Siegel, Jimmy Hoffa’s final days, the…...
- 11/11/2016
- Deadline
Tony Sokol Aug 24, 2016
Martin Scorsese’s modern gangster classic The Departed is heading to TV via Amazon Studios and Warner Bros...
The Departed, Martin Scorsese’s 2006 modern mob classic starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg, is coming to TV as a series. The Oscar-winning movie will get a reboot as a crime drama series from Amazon Studios as well as the original film’s producers Vertigo Entertainment, Initial Entertainment Group and Plan B Entertainment. This is the first time Amazon has bought anything from Warner Bros. TV.
The script for The Departed series was written Jason Richman, who created Detroit 1-8-7.
The original film was set in Boston where Irish Mob boss Francis "Frank" Costello, played by Nicholson, paid for Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) to complete police training and get set up in the Massachusetts State Police. DiCaprio plays William "Billy" Costigan, who pretends to get...
Martin Scorsese’s modern gangster classic The Departed is heading to TV via Amazon Studios and Warner Bros...
The Departed, Martin Scorsese’s 2006 modern mob classic starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg, is coming to TV as a series. The Oscar-winning movie will get a reboot as a crime drama series from Amazon Studios as well as the original film’s producers Vertigo Entertainment, Initial Entertainment Group and Plan B Entertainment. This is the first time Amazon has bought anything from Warner Bros. TV.
The script for The Departed series was written Jason Richman, who created Detroit 1-8-7.
The original film was set in Boston where Irish Mob boss Francis "Frank" Costello, played by Nicholson, paid for Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) to complete police training and get set up in the Massachusetts State Police. DiCaprio plays William "Billy" Costigan, who pretends to get...
- 8/23/2016
- Den of Geek
Martial Arts Sensation Paul Mormando Takes On The Mob In his Latest Film " Bound By Debt" Principal Photography is underway in New York on the new action Film Bound By Debt Starring Martial Arts Sensation Paul Mormando and Bobby Ciasulli (Rhonj) Under the direction of Anna Mormando in her directorial debut. Mormando plays Dylan James a Rought And Tough Underground Fighter Who Is Estranged From His Family. Robert James (Bobby Ciasulli) Is an addicted Gambler With a Wife And Two Daughters (Nikki Silva) And (Alexis Mormando). When Dylan Can No Longer Fulfill His Obligations To the Mob, Mob Boss Mr. Russo ( Samuel Difiore) uses Roberts Gambling Addiction And Family as leverage against Dylan. The Two Brothers will Have to reunite to save...
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- 8/6/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Recently, CBS delivered the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Hawaii Five-o" episode 7 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "Na Kama Hele" is Hawaiian for "Day Trippers," and it turns out that we're going to see very intense and high drama stuff go down as a deadly mob boss totally ruins Lynn and McGarrett's first date with a vicious attack, and more! In the new, 7th episode press release: McGarrett's First Date With Lynn On A Deserted Island Turns Deadly When A Mob Boss Hiding There Hunts Them Down In Order To Keep His Location A Secret, On "Hawaii Five-0," Friday, Nov. 6. Press release number 2: McGarrett's first date with Lynn (Sarah Carter) on a deserted island, is going to turn deadly when a mob boss hiding there hunts them down in order to keep his location a secret. Also, Chin, Kono and Grover will have to race against...
- 10/30/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Recently, CBS served up the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Blue Bloods" episode 4 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "With Friends Like These," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting and dramatic stuff go down as Erin hits a stumbling in her quest to take down a slippery mob boss, and more. In the new, 4th episode press release: Erin Faces A Road Block When She Attempts To Convict A Slippery Mob Boss For An Old Murder, On "Blue Bloods," Friday, Oct. 16. Press release number 2: Erin's attempt to convict a slippery mob boss for an old murder will get muddled when her former informant, Vincent (Dan Hedaya), leaves witness protection to provide his old boss with an alibi. Also, Frank is going to find himself in a departmental war with Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department, Stan Rourke (Dan Lauria). Dan Hedaya Returns as Vincent,...
- 10/9/2015
- by Megan
- OnTheFlix
Black Mass is not necessarily a bad mob film, but it’s a mob film too concerned with emulating the cool of other, better mob films to develop any real voice of its own. Director Scott Cooper clearly had Martin Scorsese on the brain as he put this film together, but Cooper brings none of his own creative intent to the table. David O. Russell recently aped Scorsese with even wilder abandon in American Hustle, but with more of a purpose – emulating the 1970s era his film was set in, and drawing a parallel between his con-man characters and today’s rampant economic corruption. Cooper’s film seems happy to coast on the assumption that his film will be Scorsese enough for us until the next actual Scorsese comes along.
Black Mass dramatizes the true story of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny Depp), focusing on his rise to...
Black Mass dramatizes the true story of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny Depp), focusing on his rise to...
- 9/18/2015
- by Patrick Dunn
- CinemaNerdz
Read More: Johnny Depp Heading to Venice Film Festival for 'Black Mass' World Premiere Johnny Depp looks ready for his Oscar in the chilling new trailer for Scott Cooper's "Black Mass." Based on the book of the same name by Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth, the drama stars Depp as notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, who became an FBI informant to eliminate criminal competition from the '70s to the early '90s. The film also stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Dakota Johnson, Joel Edgerton and Peter Sarsgaard, among many others. The film will have its world premiere at an out-of-competion screening at the Venice Film Festival. It hits theaters September 18. Read More: Watch: Johnny Depp Turns Cold-Blooded Mob Boss In The New Trailer For Crime Drama ‘Black Mass’...
- 7/30/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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