John Gotti who took over the powerful Gambino crime family in the 70's, was convicted in 1992 of committing thirteen murders. The film will explore that through the eyes of his son John A. Gotti Jr.
Funding issues plagued the film--even as casting was nearly completed:
In the pic Ben Foster was to play the younger Gotti. while John Travolta stars as Gotti Sr.Al Pacino will play Gambino crime family underboss Aniello Dellacroce, an associate and mentor to John Gotti Sr. Lindsay Lohan will play Kim Gotti,, the wife of Jr Gotti Travolta's real-life wife, Kelly Preston. will play his on screen wife Victoria Gotti Chazz Palminteri will play fellow Gambino mob boss Paul Castellano a role he knows quite well since he did the same for the TV film Boss of Bosses in 2001
Leo Rossi wrote the inititial screenplay and then director Barry Levinson brought his "Bugsy" collaborator James Toback along to rework the script for "Gotti." Lem Dobbs was the last person to revise the script
Marc Fiore, Ted Field, Thomas Devlin and Michael Froch will produce.
Production begins in New York on September 9th.
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