John Travolta's Gotti Mob Biopic Indefinitely Postponed
Looks like John Travolta may not get the chance to prove that he's man enough to play John Gotti Sr. in the upcoming crime-boss biopic from Barry Levinson. Showbiz 411 reports that the project, Gotti: In The Shadow Of My Father has been indefinitely postponed now that production company Fiore Films has run out of funds. Al Pacino, Ben Foster and Kelly Preston had also been cast in the film. Click ahead for more Buzz Break.
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Oh just cancel the damn thing already! It sounds worse than a grindhouse flick from the 70's. Its even got Al Pacino in it going against type by playing a gangster. All it needs is Robert De Niro playing an NYPD cop and it'll be a masterwork of cinematic brilliance.