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John Travolta is an iconic actor, but his career has taken various twists and turns. The actor rose to stardom in the 1970s when he played a role in the television series Welcome Back, Kotter. His TV fame helped land him his iconic role in the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, playing smooth-dancing Tony Manero. Soon, Travolta portrayed an equally notable role in the musical Grease as the leading male love interest, Danny Zuko. Travolta has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction.

Despite his status as an Academy Award nominee, Travolta has had plenty of misses in his career. The actor has had multiple movies score a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, including Look Who's Talking Now, Speed Kills, The Poison Rose, Staying Alive, and Life on the Line. While these scores were particularly lacking, he boasts a whole additional host of titles with single-digit scores,...

Exclusive: Vincent Pastore, who recurred as Donnie “Glasses” Sisto in Season 2 of Gravesend, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming third season. Additionally, Vincent Curatola and Talia Shire have joined the cast as series regulars for Season 3.

Set in 1986, Gravesend follows Benny, a soldier in the Colezzo crime family who is torn between the good that his devout Catholic parents taught him and the life his Mafioso cousin Charlie (Chris Tardio) showed him. Benny chooses to follow in Charlie’s footsteps and in turn, denounces his father.

In Season 2, viewers learned who was behind the hit against Benny Zerletta (series creator William DeMeo) in the church. Also, in a twist, Benny headed to Miami.

Pastore portrays Donnie Sisto, the Consigliere, who works directly under the boss Cesar Tremaldo (Chazz Palminteri), boss of the Colezzo Family.

Curatola plays Larry Sisto, the brother of Donnie (Consigliere), who is a Captain,...

Exclusive: Chazz Palminteri, Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos), and Tony Darrow (Goodfellas) have joined the cast of Gravesend for Season 2.

In Season 2 of the Amazon Video Direct series, viewers will learn who was behind the hit against Benny Zerletta (series creator William DeMeo) in the church. Also, Benny heads to Miami which adds a twist to the mob drama.

Palminteri will portray Colezzo family boss, Cesar Tremaldo; Pastore stars as his consigliere, Donnie “Glasses” Sisto; and Darrow as the underboss.

Set in 1986, Gravesend follows Benny, a soldier in the Colezzo crime family who is torn between the good that his devout Catholic parents taught him and the life of his Mafioso cousin Charlie Devina (Chris Tardio) showed him. Benny chooses to follow in Charlie’s footsteps and in turn, denounces his father.

Cast also includes Fran Drescher, Martin Kove, Al Sapienza, Vic Dibitetto, Sofia Milos, Andrew Dice Clay,...

Cabin Fever Star Joins Horror Pic Flesh

Exclusive: Cerina Vincent (Cabin Fever) and Tiffany Shepis (Tales Of Halloween) have joined Danielle Harris (Halloween) in horror movie Flesh, which has just wrapped in Los Angeles. Plot details are being kept under wraps but we hear the movie involves a deranged individual who wants to sacrifice human flesh to a malevolent spirit. Script was written by Reine Swart and Chris McGowan. McGowan is set to direct with production slated for October. The film will mark McGowan’s sophomore film as a director. His directorial debut was last year’s Chasing Nightmares starring Anne Heche, Graham McTavish and Michelle Randolph. Pic is being produced by McGowan with Danielle Harris acting as executive producer. The film is being financed by Clear Media Finance, whose most recent production was Jenna Ortega SXSW drama The Fallout, which was picked up by HBO Max.

Producer Quartet Team...

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Actor Vinny Vella has died. According to a post on Vella’s personal Facebook page made presumably by a family member, Vella passed away late Wednesday, February 20. He was 71. View the heartfelt Facebook post below:

“We are saddened to report that Vinny Vella has passed and I’m sure that no one more saddened than himself. Vinny loved life from his family to his friends and fans he was easily one of the funniest, endearing actors to have ever graced the screen. Vinny also had integrity and pride rarely seen. Arguably the fastest on the draw, king of the comebacks. His verbal jousting was legendary but many know Vinny for his favorite saying – ‘Who’s better than you?’ Well Vinny, I think we all can agree on the answer to that, it was you, it always was you! We miss you my boy!”

A New York City native,...

Stars: John Travolta, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, Kelly Preston, Pruitt Taylor Vince, William DeMeo, Leo Rossi, Chris Kerson, Stacy Keach, Ashley Drew Fisher, Chris Mulkey | Written by Leo Rossi, Lem Dobbs | Directed by Kevin Connolly

John Travolta’s ten-year passion project, titled Gotti, has had a troubled road to production, numerous setbacks from many issues that range from lawsuits brought on – with the infamous casting of Joe Pesci, who was cast and allegedly put on considerable weight for said role, only to be negotiated for a smaller less significant part in the production, leading to a still ongoing lawsuit. The casting of Lindsay Lohan caused a catastrophe with numerous filming days wasted and her eventual firing resulted in further delays. Meanwhile, further issues with directors caused riffs with story and studio, reinforced with the tragic and untimely death of Travolta’s son Jett Travolta, who tragically passed away at the age...

In today’s film news roundup, Sony is developing a movie about superhero Faith Herbert, Stack House Productions moves forward with two projects and Orion dates Taylor Schilling horror-thriller “The Prodigy.”

Projects Launched

Sony Pictures is developing a movie version of “Faith,” based on the Valiant Comics series of the same name with Neal Moritz, Toby Jaffe and Dan Mintz attached to produce for Sony Pictures.

The studio has hired “Escape Room” writer Maria Melnik to write the script. The “Faith” comics are centered on Faith Herbert, a geeky teen obsessed with comics and science fiction, in addition to having the power of flight and telekinesis. Created by writer Jim Shooter and David Lapham, she is a member of the Harbinger Renegades and first appeared in 1992.

Sony and Valiant began collaborating in 2015 on developing a “Bloodshot” movie, based on the Valiant character. The studio signed Toby Kebbell this week to...

Directors: Art Camacho, Robert Samuels (co-director)

Produced By:

Robert Jefferson – Associate Producer

Shing Ka – Producer

Gine Lui – Producer

Robert Samuels – Producer

Mark V Wiley – Executive Producer

Writer: Mark V. Wiley

Cast: Tony Sirico, Jay Kwon, Tony Darrow, William DeMeo, Raymond J. Barry, Lo Meng, Vincent Pastore, James Lew, Joseph D’Onofrio, Hwang Jang Lee, Robert Samuels.

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Made In Chinatown has all the ingredients to make a huge impact when released this November with Directors Art Camacho and Robert Samuels bringing us a film which faces the Chinese gangs against the Italians. The movie is set around the divide between Little Italy and Chinatown, Canal street. Illegal smuggling of herbs and oils make tensions run high between the Chinese and Italians and the end result is a bloody one.

Tony Sirico plays the Don of Dons, Vincenzo Cento from Sicili. A fued between Mob bosses Al Capella (New...

Jadyn Wong has been added John Ridley’s next feature Needle In A Timestack, which follows a couple who work to hold their marriage together in a world where time travel is possible, and the past and present are ever fluctuating. The film stars Leslie Odom Jr., Cynthia Erivo, Freida Pinto, and Orlando Bloom. Ridley is directing the pic, which he adapted from a short story by Robert Silverberg. Zanne Devine, David Thwaites, and Bron’S Aaron L. Gilbert are producing along with Matt Kennedy. Exec producers are Jason Cloth of Creative Wealth Media, Christopher J. Conover, Hope Farley, and Ridley. Wong, who is coming off of a four-season stint on the recently canceled CBS drama Scorpion, is repped by Greene & Associates Talent Agency.

Raymond J. Barry has been cast in indie feature Made in Chinatown, from directors Art Camacho and Robert Samuels.

Chicago – Probably the last classic era of romanticized organized crime in New York City was the reign of John Gotti… the high profile boss of the Gambino family from 1986-1992. Nicknamed both the Dapper Don and Teflon Don (because of his ability to avoid prosecution), he is brought back to life by John Travolta in the sparely titled “Gotti.”

Rating: 3.5/5.0

The film is directed by Kevin Connolly, who portrayed “E” on HBO’s “Entourage,” and he takes a Citizen Kane-like approach to telling the story, jumping around in the eras of Gotti’s reign, anchored by his relationship with John Jr., who followed in his father’s footsteps until desiring to leave the “life” and avoid prison (the film used John Jr.’s book “Shadow of My Father” as its centerpiece source). There is a lot of material in the film, but it is buttressed by John Travolta’s tour-de-force performance of the title character,...

Welcome to Trailer Binge, a recurring feature where we get a chance to catch up on some of the recent trailer releases in the past week. Whether it be indie releases, or recent movie and TV trailers that may have otherwise slipped through the cracks, Trailer Binge allows us to catch up on the seemingly constant onslaught of new new content being released each week.

In this edition of Trailer Binge, we take a look at trailers for the long-awaited return of ‘Arrested Development‘, the first full-length trailer for ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote‘ and the new Stephen King Series ‘Castle Rock‘. Plus, we have new trailers for a new reimagining of ‘Robin Hood‘, ‘Luke Cage‘ Season 2 and a trailer for ‘Gotti‘. Let the binge begin!

‘Arrested Development’ Season 5 Trailer

Created by show runner Adam Horowitz, the fifth season of the show sees the return of Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi,...

"This life of ours is a wonderful life... if you can get away with it."

We've got a new trailer for John Travolta's upcoming crime drama Gotti, which tells the story of the rise and fall of one of the most famous mafia bosses of all time, John Gotti. Travolta takes on the role of the infamous 'Teflon Don' and it looks like he gives a solid performance. Gotti seemed like a bit of an over-the-top kind of guy and Travolta nails that here. This looks like the best film project that the actor has been a part of in a long time.

Gotti follows infamous crime boss John Gotti’s (Travolta) rise to become the “Teflon Don” of the Gambino Crime Family in New York City. Spanning three decades and recounted by his son John Jr. (Spencer Lofranco), Gotti examines Gotti’s tumultuous life as he and his...

"You'll need the support of all five boroughs." Vertical Ent. has debuted a second official trailer for crime thriller Gotti, spanning three decades telling the story of legendary crime boss John Gotti Sr., as played by John Travolta. The story focuses on Gotti's rise to power in New York, as well as his wife Victoria Gotti, played by Kelly Preston, along with his son John Gotti Jr., played by Spencer Lofranco. This film was slated as a last minute premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, which seems like an odd pick. It was originally set to open last December, but has been held until this June. The full cast includes Stacy Keach, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Megan Leonard, Lydia Hull, William DeMeo, Tyler Jon Olson, Leo Rossi, and Ella Bleu Travolta. This seems like a big film, and Travolta looks menacing, but I'm not excited at all to see it. Here's...

In the new trailer for Kevin Connolly’s Gotti, John Travolta serves up some serious mob boss realness as the titular John Gotti, the infamous leader of the Gambino crime family. Vertical Entertainment is releasing Gotti on June 15 with Sunrider Productions.

Gotti went by many names: Teflon Don, Dapper Don, or just Gotti. Whatever you called him, Gotti became an iconic name. At a young age, Gotti found his way into the Gambino crime family, where he was taken under the wing of underboss Aniello Dellacroce (Stacey Keach). Utilizing a combination of cunning, guile, street smarts, and ruthless determination he quickly and effectively scaled the heights to position himself as a Capo in the organization, proving himself to be a lucrative earner.

The trailer gives a taste of Gotti’s journey as he grew resentful of the leadership the Gambino squad. To change this, he simply made trusted alliances and...

Exclusive: MoviePass Ventures, the movie ticket service’s indie film finance arm, announced tonight that it is taking an equity stake in Kevin Connolly’s Gotti, which stars John Travolta as the infamous New York City mobster and boss of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti. As Deadline announced two weeks ago, Vertical Entertainment is releasing Gotti on June 15 wide with Sunrider Productions.

The Gotti deal reps MoviePass Ventures’ second independent film rights deal, following its co-acquisition of this year’s Sundance Film Festival title American Animals with The Orchard earlier this year. American Animals opens theatrically on June 1.

MoviePass Ventures provides the movie ticket service with some skin in the game when it comes to a film’s release with a greater share in a pic’s box office. In return, MoviePass guarantees a distributor that its 3M subscribers show up on opening weekend. By utilizing the MoviePass marketing...

Exclusive: In a development that might make fans of the HBO series Sopranos shriek Fuggedaboudit, Sarah Q starts production in New York, with three of the Sopranos’ major stars and two others who played recurring characters reuniting for the first time since the series went black. The Sopranos vets are Tony Sirico (Paulie Walnuts), Vincent Pastore (Big Pussy), Federico Castelluccio (Furio), William DeMeo (Jason Molinaro) and Artie Pasquale (Burt Gervasi). John A. Gallagher…...

Simon Brew Dec 7, 2017

Gotti, starring John Travolta, has just been sold back to its producers...

Update:

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John Travolta has given an update on this story to Deadline, where he's pushed back against stories of the film's sudden removal from Lionsgate's schedule. As it turns out, Travolta wasn't happy with the limited release that Lionsgate was planning for the movie. The film's producers felt the same, and activated a buy-back clause in the original deal. The plan is now to give the movie a much wider release in the new year than it otherwise would have had. A new release date will be announced soon.

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A long-planned new biopic of New York mob boss John Gotti...

Discover the man who showed the world who's boss in a new trailer & teaser poster from director Kevin Connolly's Gotti. Starring John Travolta as infamous crime boss John Gotti, the upcoming true story about the most notorious gangster of our generation opens in select theaters & on demand December 15. After years in development, fans finally get to see what John Travolta looks like as the infamous John Gotti.

Gotti follows crime boss John Gotti's (John Travolta) rise to become the "Teflon Don" of the Gambino Crime Family in New York City. Spanning three decades and recounted by his son John Jr. (Spencer Lofranco), Gotti examines Gotti's tumultuous life as he and his wife (Kelly Preston) attempt to hold the family together amongst tragedy and multiple prison sentences. The film will be released by Lionsgate Premiere in theaters and on demand on December 15, 2017, with the trailer debuting on Lionsgate YouTube today.

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John Travolta stars in Gotti, for which a new trailer has just been released

“Let me tell you, New York City is the greatest city in the world. I was a kid in these streets and I made it the top,” John Travolta says as John Gotti in the trailer for the upcoming biopic Gotti. If anyone could claim “My Way” as a theme song it was the Dapper Don of the Gambino Crime Family.

Gotti “made his bones doing a piece of work for Don Carlo Gambino,” the trailer tells us. From that day on, the Teflon Don was a man on the rise. Gotti has a similar look to Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas. The film will tell Gotti’s story over three decades, but will largely focus on the years after he was made boss by killing the top guy and then assuming his place.

"I will build something that nobody can destroy." Lionsgate has released the first official trailer for a new crime thriller titled Gotti, spanning three decades telling the story of legendary crime boss John Gotti Sr., as played by John Travolta. The story focuses on Gotti's rise to power in New York City, as well as his wife Victoria Gotti, played by Kelly Preston, along with his son John Gotti Jr., played by Spencer Lofranco. The full cast includes Stacy Keach, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Megan Leonard, Lydia Hull, William DeMeo, Tyler Jon Olson, Leo Rossi, and Ella Bleu Travolta. The pitch for this makes it seem like it wants to be the next Godfather, but the footage does not live up to that comparison. Travolta actually looks good in the role, but the rest of it doesn't seem that impressive to me, yet another typical mob crime biopic. Here's the...

John Travolta takes on the role of crime boss John Gotti in the upcoming film Gotti. It looks like he gives an incredible performance in the movie. It's good to see the actor taking on good projects again. This is probably one of the best movie roles he's taken on in a long time. This looks like it could be a great film and I'll definitely be checking it out.

Gotti follows infamous crime boss John Gotti’s (Travolta) rise to become the “Teflon Don” of the Gambino Crime Family in New York City. Spanning three decades and recounted by his son John Jr. (Spencer Lofranco), Gotti examines Gotti’s tumultuous life as he and his wife (Kelly Preston) attempt to hold the family together amongst tragedy and multiple prison sentences.

Travolta is also joined in the film by Pruitt Taylor Vince (Monster, Heroes Reborn), Stacy Keach (American History X,...

"Let go of my son right now!" Lionsgate Premiere has unveiled the first trailer for an action thriller titled First Kill, from director Steven C. Miller, of the films Marauders and Arsenal most recently. It looks like Hayden Christensen is back! First time we've seen him in years, also in the trailer for Numb, at the Edge of the End from last week. Christensen stars as a Wall Street broker who ends up with his family in the small town where he grew up. When they witness a murder, the criminals take his son hostage, and he must help them get free in order to save his family. Bruce Willis stars as the local police chief, and the cast includes Ty Shelton, Gethin Anthony, Megan Leonard, & William DeMeo. This looks forgettable, if you ask me. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Steven C. Miller's First Kill, originally from...

Fresh off the launch of iTunes pre-orders on April 18, 2017,  the Joe Gawalis psychological thriller film was in the top 30's in pre-orders yesterday.  Not a surprise, because this is a story that can happen to all of us, but God willing, never will.   Protagonist Jim Thompson, superbly played by James K. Fulater, is an everyday guy whose life spins completely out of control when everything is rigged against him.  His American Dream of having it all, i.e. the beautiful wife, the two kids, a nice house in the suburbs and a great job, comes crashing down. Also starring in the gripping film are William DeMeo, known for Back In The Day (2016) and the upcoming The Life and Death of John Gotti,...

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Exclusive: XLrator Media has taken Us rights to the action thriller.

Bleiberg Entertainment has virtually sold out worldwide rights here to the Scott Adkins action thriller Savage Dog led by a Us deal with XLrator Media.

The La-based production and sales company has licensed Germany to Spirit/Koch Media, Latin America to California Filmes, Canada to Vvs Films, the Middle East to Eagle Films and Turkey to Sinema, among others.

Only China and Hong Kong remain available on Savage Dog, which recently wrapped production and centres on a disgraced soldier-turned-prizefighter seeking vengeance in a lawless town in 1950s Indochina.

Joining Adkins on the cast are Marko Zaror, Cung Le and Juju Chan. Jesse V. Johnson directs from his own original screenplay.

Ehud Bleiberg, who produced Adkins’ Close Range, produced alongside Johnson and Charles Arthur Berg, while Adkins and Bleiberg’s Nicholas Donnermeyer are executive producers with Blacklist Digital’s Tims Johnson, Narbeh Tatoussian and [link...

Exclusive: The Los Angeles-based production and sales outfit has acquired worldwide rights to Avi Nesher’s historical drama heading into the Toronto International Film Festival.

Past Life will receive its world premiere in Contemporary World Cinema on September 12 and is inspired by the 1977 trans-European odyssey of two sisters.

The Israeli film follows the siblings – an introverted, ambitious classical music composer and a combative liberal magazine editor – as they try to unravel a wartime mystery that has troubled their lives.

Nelly Tagar, Joy Rieger, Doron Tavory and Evgenia Dodina star.

Nesher directed Past Life from his own screenplay inspired by Baruch Milch’s autobiography Can Heaven Be Void?

David M. Milch, David Zilber, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, Ruth Cats and Nesher serve as producers.

Bleiberg’s Toronto sales slate includes the thriller Back In The Day with William DeMeo and Alec Baldwin, and family film Ace The Case starring Susan Sarandon.

Bleiberg currently...

Exclusive: The Los Angeles-based production and sales outfit has acquired worldwide rights to Avi Nesher’s historical drama heading into the Toronto International Film Festival.

Past Life will receive its world premiere in Contemporary World Cinema on September 12 and is inspired by the 1977 trans-European odyssey of two sisters.

The Israeli film follows the siblings – an introverted, ambitious classical music composer and a combative liberal magazine editor – as they try to unravel a wartime mystery that has troubled their lives.

Nelly Tagar, Joy Rieger, Doron Tavory and Evgenia Dodina star.

Nesher directed Past Life from his own screenplay inspired by Baruch Milch’s autobiography Can Heaven Be Void?

David M. Milch, David Zilber, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, Ruth Cats and Nesher serve as producers.

Bleiberg’s Toronto sales slate includes the thriller Back In The Day with William DeMeo and Alec Baldwin, and family film Ace The Case starring Susan Sarandon.

Bleiberg currently...

There’s a certain kind of charm that comes from the kind of potentially mob-affiliated working class that you find in pockets of neighborhoods at the heart of the boxing drama Back in the Day. Written by and starring William DeMeo as Anthony, a kid from Brooklyn, he’s born to an Italian mother Mary (Annabella Sciorra) and Puerto Rican dad Jose (Manny Perez). He’s often the subject of jokes, adding an extra barrier of adversity that fuels his rage from launching firecrackers into a racist neighbor’s window to beating up a neighborhood pedophile — and, boy, can he punch. After his mother dies, young Anthony (played as teen as Christian DeMeo) is soon taken under the wing of powerful mob bosses (Michael Madsen and Alec Baldwin) who support his endeavors to train as an armature boxer under Eddie ‘Rocks’ Trevor (Danny Glover).

Beyond the usual training montage (think...

Cast includes Alec Baldwin, Danny Glover and Mike Tyson.

Us production and sales outfit Bleiberg Entertainment is handling international sales on boxing drama Back In The Day and will unveil the first footage to buyers at Berlin’s European Film Market (Efm) this week.

Directed by Paul Borghese, Back in the Day is about a half-Italian, half-Puerto Rican boxer who lost his parents and was raised under the wing of the mafia in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

William DeMeo wrote the screenplay and stars alongside Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover. Annabella Sciorra (Jungle Fever), Michael Madsen (The Hateful Eight) and Mike Tyson (Ip Man 3) round out the cast.

DeMeo produced the film. Roey Zaken is executive producer.

Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Person Of Interest" episode 20 of season 4. The episode is entitled, "Terra Incognita," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting stuff go down when Reese chooses to honor Carter's memory by closing out one of her unfinished cases, and more. In the new, 20th episode press release: Reese Takes It Upon Himself To Honor Carter's Memory By Attempting To Solve A Cold Case She Left Behind. Press release number 2: Reese will find himself on a perilous personal journey when he takes on a homicide case Detective Carter was never able to close. Guest stars feature: Zachary Booth (Adam Peterson), Patch Darragh (Gil), Paul Diomeme (Jerome), William DeMeo (Carlo), John Dinello (Clerk), Matthew J Harris (Chef) and Elena McGhee (Housekeeper). The episode was written by Erik Mountain and Melissa Scrivner Love, and it was directed by Alrick Riley.

Gangster movies are gangster movies; there hasn't been anything original in this genre in the last 20 years (at least). And Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn is no exception. Jumping around in time and perspective, Brooklyn is a fast-paced film that literally moves so quickly you won't be able to keep up with all the convoluted storytelling.

Bobby Baldano (William DeMeo) has been released from his (kind of unfair) 9-year prison sentence and is thirsty for revenge and the life of crime he's been missing out on. But his father (Armand Assante) would rather he just went to work for the family construction company. Of course, Baldano is a hot-blooded American man (and mobster) and literally cannot resist seeking revenge for what happened to him, leading him to all-out war with the mob.

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In one scene of Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn, a woman seduces her boyfriend by playing him a lite-r&B song she recorded. The film itself also comes across as a demo for director-writer Paul Borghese and actor-writer William DeMeo's talents rather than art to be enjoyed on its own merits. The cinematography shows a fine eye for light and color, but the film's take on the gangster genre seems like slumming. The script jumps back and forth in time, using two separate voiceovers to fill in details that a better screenplay could show, rather than talk about. Bobby Baldano (DeMeo) is considered a loser by his father (Armand Assante), a legitimate businessman who works in the construction industry. At the opening, Bobby has just been released from jail, and he wastes no time re-involvi...

It was announced today that Grindstone Entertainment has acquired North American rights in all media to the gritty thriller Once Upon A Time In Brooklyn (formally titled Goat) and will be released by Lionsgate Home Entertainment. In a separate deal, International rights have been acquired by Los Angeles-basedsales company, Recreation, helmed by founder and president Ariel Veneziano.

Produced by William DeMeo, Paul Borghese and newcomer Robyn K Bennett, written by DeMeo and Borghese who also directs the movie, Once Upon A Time In Brooklyn stars Golden Globe nominated and Emmy Award winning actor Armand Assante (American Gangster, HBO’s Gotti), Ice-t (New Jack City), Vincent Pastore (Goodfellas), Ja Rule (The Fast And The Furious), William DeMeo (The Sopranos), Cathy Moriaty (Raging Bull) and Paul Borghese (Transamerica).

The film tells the story of Bobby Baldano, who after serving several prison sentences, is finally out. Although desperate to honor his family who...

The European Film Market (which runs concurrently with the Berlin International Film Festival) doesn't officially open until tomorrow, the 7th, but the deals have already started happening. Thankfully, I've got writers over there who'll not only be reviewing films, but will share news worth posting here. Here's the first of what will likely be several other updates to come. Ice-t and Ja Rule co-star in the crime drama, Once Upon A Time In Brooklyn (it was previously titled Goat), along with Vincent Pastore (Goodfellas), William Demeo (The Sopranos), Armand Assante and others, in a story that centers on a man who, after serving several prison...

Producers Jonathan D. Krane and Beau Rogers will begin production in the summer on the mob thriller Unmade Man through the Edge, their new financing, production and distribution company. The film, written by written by Paul Borghese, Andrew Weiss and Catherine Gigante-Brown, will follow the rise and fall of Staten Island street criminal who joins the mob. Joshua Kagan, in association with URL Prods., John Sherman and William DeMeo also will serve as producers.