Actor Sylvester Stallone is reportedly in talks to portray real-life hitman Greg Scarpa in a new biopic.

If the Rambo star signs on for the film it will reunite him with Rocky producer Irwin Winkler and The Expendables producer Avi Lerner.

The movie centres on Scarpa's time as a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informer.

Screenwriter Nick Pileggi tells the New York Post, "It's a fabulous story. Stallone is interested. He likes the script."



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I don't think Stallone's the right choice. I remember him playing "Capone," but that was back in the days before the general public knew anything about the mob. It was too "mythical."

Pileggi's a great writer, and Winkler is a Hollywood heavyweight, so it would probably get a decent budget. But I'd rather see them cast someone other than just another Italian American guy associated with 1970's cinema. I mean, why not just dust off John Travolta and Tony Danza while they're at it?

It's time for new blood in these movies. That's why most of them stink today. They all look the same, with "Sopranos" supporting actors playing the exact same parts over and over and over. It's enough already.

Who would be your choice for the role PB if you were producing it?

Mine would be Bobby Cannavale from Broadwalk Empire

I dunno. Just someone a little different. Bobby Carnevale would be fine (like Beanshooter suggested).

Just no more of the same faces who've played the same parts all their lives. And no more "Sopranos" extras. That's the main thing. If I see Vinny Pastore in one more B fucking movie playing the same guy again I'll scream .

yeah they need a few freshed faced actors now, to do these roles

Maybe a young Irish guy?

Just kidding, pal .

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Pastore's a buffoon. I can't even stand to look at him anymore. He lives over here on City Island. I've posted this before, but at the height of "The Sopranos" hysteria he was doing lots of public photo ops and whatnot, which is fine. But this isn't:

City Island is loaded with bars and restaurants, but it's still a very tiny island, with a small, family like population. Everybody knows everybody. And this asshole walked out of one of those media things at a local restaurant because they they didn't have his "appearance fee" ready when he walked in the door.

Can you imagine doing that in your own backyard? What an asshole.

Yeah i can see where your coming from with that story...Just shows his true character(Pezzo di merda)

Exactly!!!!

Sorry the link didn't work before in my previous post so i made a new post.....Vinny ranting about his money owed to him by director Sal Fusco....Click on Audio

http://www.tmz.com/2011/10/30/sopranos-vincent-pastore-tirade-rant-movie-director-video-audio/

There you go. Proves my point about how petty and cheap he is .

I agree PB I am SICK of him as well. They have him in every single movie it seems and most of them suck. The only good thing I can remember he was in was The Sopranos, but even then I hated his character.

About the only one I haven't got sick of yet is Frank Vincent even though he is in EVERYTHING as well.

Some actors that need more gangster roles are Jack Huston, Andy Davoli, Mark Ruffalo, Eric Bana, my new fave Tom Hardy. With the right script and director any of these guys will be the next big Hollywood hit. Stallone looks a lil like Scarpa but that's about all he has to offer. How's he gonna play Scarpa as a frail skinny AIDS stricken victim? I just don't see it...
I was watching a show called Mob City the guy who played Joe the lead was good. Anybody catch that show?

There's a whole crew of actors who are in most of the mob movies.

Pastore is their Don every listen to him when he had the wise guy show on the radio. Funny

He was good in Armand Assante's Gotti. I would not mind seeing Armand in another gangster flick.

He must have known guys in the life. I posted on this before the real guys like this don't just walk like normal people. They bounce when they walk in those day you bop when you walk.

City island no more rich guys parking their yachts there any more?

A duplex on the water----and there's water everywhere----will easily run you over a million and a half on City Island.

Ha I noticed that bounce when I was in Howard beach last year. I could pick that wiseguy out a mile away just by the way he walked. GOOD STUFF.

Then I saw another guy in front of his house talking on the phone I mean yelling something was goin down it was great. So I got to see two wiseguys in one day lol. That was a treat for me Giggle

Agreed on Pastore. But some of those actors I absolutely love. Vincent Curatola is absolutely excellent in his non-mobster roles and I love seeing him pop up here and there when central casting needs a mob guy. Class act and well spoken, I've met him before.

Curators got heavy. He was on a show playing a judge. It was like the judge was a mob guy. It was a ridicules portrayal of a judge by him.

Interesting take on that. I thought his role on The Good Wife was good. He kept the Brooklynese to a minimum. But even if you got that impression: I've been before many judges that talk/ act/ speak like tough guys.

I'm looking forward to this movie. However, Greg Scarpa's daughter (the lovely Little Linda Scarpa) is not happy about the movie or the selection of Stallone playing the part.

http://411mania.com/movies/sylvester-stallone-reveals-his-next-three-movies-including-rambo-sequel/

Update on the movie.

Curatola was in a recent film called "Killing Them Softly," and he was significantly,heavier than his Sopranos days. It's on Netflix streaming; stars Brad Pitt, and James Gandolfini and Max Casella have smaller roles.

i think the coice for the scarpa role could be a lot worse than stallone. but then again, scarpa shifted heavily in shape, if you look at pictures of the 60s he was a elephant compared to the scary silhouette of his former self in the 90s. my point is, Stallone too looks more than a bit fucked up

I went to the movies Yestarday. Before the movie started they showed five previews of new movies comming out.

For was special effect movies one was another terminator. Guess who was in that movie? One of the terminators their was at least three of them was an old one the actor in it was believe it or not Arnold.

But after the four there was a new Ganster movie. The four other movies kind of put me to sleep. So I can't remember the name of it. But if I recall right their were no actors I knew in it?

If you guys want I can ask my son he mentioned when we were leaving that it looked good.

Found it a Most Violent Year.

I should have dug it. It was about the home heating oil business in the 80s.

I made money from it by going into abandon buildings in places like Bushwick. Taking it out and selling it to heat oil companies at a cut rate. They sold it to customers at a top rate.

But This is about hyjacking heating oil trucks and selling the oil to other heating oil companies which is a lot easier then having to get it out of old buildings.

I wonder if I ever thought about doing that?

So now that I am awake. It is definately something I would see.

100% agreed!!!