Fox & Davis Entertainment Developing Biopic About Mobster Johnny Roselli
Handsome Johnny Roselli was part of the Chicago Outfit that Al Capone built in the 1920s. He headed west and helped build Las Vegas and put the bite on Hollywood to pay for it. Hollywood is paying Roselli back with a movie.
The biopic is being put together by 20th Century Fox and Davis Entertainment. The movie will be produced by John Davis (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) and Ira Napoloello, with Michael Ireland calling in the shots for Fox.
Roselli was born Filippo Sacco in 1905. Roselli is a mythic figure in some circles. He is responsible for getting Marilyn Monroe signed at Columbia Pictures. In 1959, the CIA called on him to help them put a hit on Fidel Castro in Cuba. He spent months trying to poison Castro’s food. Some people say Roselli contracted the job on President Kennedy. In 1976, Roselli he was called in to testify about the JFK assassination committee in the house. He never made it. His body was found in a steel drum in the Dumfoundling Bay.
It should be a good gangster movie.
The biopic is being put together by 20th Century Fox and Davis Entertainment. The movie will be produced by John Davis (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) and Ira Napoloello, with Michael Ireland calling in the shots for Fox.
Roselli was born Filippo Sacco in 1905. Roselli is a mythic figure in some circles. He is responsible for getting Marilyn Monroe signed at Columbia Pictures. In 1959, the CIA called on him to help them put a hit on Fidel Castro in Cuba. He spent months trying to poison Castro’s food. Some people say Roselli contracted the job on President Kennedy. In 1976, Roselli he was called in to testify about the JFK assassination committee in the house. He never made it. His body was found in a steel drum in the Dumfoundling Bay.
It should be a good gangster movie.
