Based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt, The Irishman has been a movie lovers dream ever since it was announced a couple of years ago, bringing director Martin Scorcese together with Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci to tell the true life tale of Frank Sheeran, an alledged assassin for the Italian Mob whose wild claims include that he murdered Jimmy Hoffa and that the assassination of JFK was a mob hit. While nothing about the project is concrete, De Niro, who is reportedly playing Sheeran, has been quite vocal about it, letting slip details about it a few months back on The Graham Norton Show. In a recent interview with art publication Flatt, the actor talked about the project yet again, saying, "We have been trying to do the film for the last few years, and I think we will do it".
It's easy to see De Niro is excited about the project, and I gotta say, I am too, especially with Martin Scorcese at the helm of a very fine group of actors. It will the the ninth time De Niro will have worked with the director, fourth for Pesci, and, as hard as it is to imagine, the first time for Pacino. The Wolf of Wall Street no doubt got in the way, so with that doe and dusted, hopefully the wheels will start turning on The Irishman very soon.
