Black Mass vol. Johnny Depp to star as Boston mobster W.hitey Bulger

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Johnny Depp is attached to play notorious Boston gangster ****** Bulger in director Barry Levinson’s Black Mass. Bulger — South Boston’s most violent criminal who used his political connections and became an FBI informant to protect his turf — was the inspiration for Jack Nicholson’s character in The Departed, and he was captured in June 2011 after 16 years of being on the Fed’s Most Wanted List.

First-time screenwriter Mark Mallouk adapted the 2001 book Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob, written by former Boston Globe reporters **** Lehr and Gerald O’Neill. “I could not be more thrilled to have the biggest star in the world and Academy-Award winning director Barry Levinson to finally bring this incredible story to the big screen,” says Cross Creek Pictures president Brian Oliver, in a statement. “We have been working on this project since we originally optioned the book in 2005. Black Mass expertly details the twists and turns of this highly complex story, painting a vivid portrait of Boston’s underbelly and its corrupt political machine, as well as exposing the worst scandal in FBI history. It’s also an examination of loyalty to family, Irish heritage, and South Boston.”

The film is scheduled for a May 2013 start date, and will be distributed in the U.S. by Universal.

Bulger’s story is also the subject of a potential biopic from Ben Affleck and Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter, with Matt Damon possibly playing Bulger and Affleck directing.



The book is amazing. Can't wait to see how the movies comes out. :smokin
 
this old man got caught up in LA a couple years back and dude was strapped with mad guns and they found a bunch of cash hidden in his walls..

a real OG.
 
I can dig Depp playing those real life characters...Brasco, Boston George, Dillinger.

Not so much the roles when he links up with Burton.
 
the person that tipped the FEDS about this dude got a $2.1 million reward..

he was wanted for 19 murders, this dude is one of the most interesting guys i've ever read about,

yall should read into all the things he did to avoid capture all these years and his time in the mob, dude had plastic surgery.

they found around 30 guns and rifles stashed around the house in holes in the walls and also 800K in cash.
 
the person that tipped the FEDS about this dude got a $2.1 million reward..

he was wanted for 19 murders, this dude is one of the most interesting guys i've ever read about,

yall should read into all the things he did to avoid capture all these years and his time in the mob, dude had plastic surgery.

they found around 30 guns and rifles stashed around the house in holes in the walls and also 800K in cash.

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Check that book out. You won't be disappointed. Dude was ruthless.
 
YES! I will be seeing this. Depp is my favorite actor and I love gangster flicks. Also going to buy the book tomorrow.
 
Depp da Gawd....given the right script dude is up there with Leo

He just be jumping on some weird **** roles sometimes...lol

That cast is SKRONG
 
Anyone else think that he both looks and sounds like Ray Liotta in the trailer?

The trailer looks amazing. A really brave move to have a trailer consisting of nothing but talking heads for the first minute in today's Youtube world. But it works due to the high quality of the material. One can only hope that the rest of the movie is as good.
 
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