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Jim Sheridan to direct film based on 'Black Mass'
The Screening Log —
Jim Sheridan is set to direct a big-screen drama based on Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill's book "Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob."
According to Variety, Sheridan wrote the screenplay with Nye Heron. The film focuses on Whitey Bulger, a Boston enforcer who helped build the Winter Hill Gang, a confederation known for selling drugs and delivering guns to the Irish Republican Army.
"This is a story of a corrupt system and about how an angry guy became the second most wanted man after Bin Laden," Sheridan told Variety.
Sheridan's last directing ...
Morning Deal Report: Jim Sheridan’s “Black Mass”
The Screengrab —
Now here’s a project I’m genuinely excited about: Irish director Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father, The Boxer and, er, the 50 Cent movie Get Rich or Die Tryin’) is set to adapt the true crime tale Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob. It’s the story of Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger and corrupt federal agent John Connolly, who aided and abetted his criminal empire for decades. (If this sounds familiar, it’s probably because The Departed drew heavily on the Bulger legend.) "This is a story of a corrupt system and about how an angry guy became the second ...
Jim Sheridan Takes On The Mob
Cinema Blend News —
Jim Sheridan Takes On The Mob As a filmmaker Jim Sheridan is famous for depicting all different kinds of Irish people, from the struggling family of In America to the wrongfully imprisoned man in In the Name of the Father . Now he's taking a turn for the dark side, with plans to direct a movie about famed Irish-American mobster and FBI informant Whitey Bulger. The script, according to Variety , will be adapted by Sheridan and Nye Heron from the book by Boston Globe reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill, with the massive title Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy ...
Jim Sheridan To Direct Boston Mob Movie
FlicksNews.net —
Irish director Jim Sheridan has started working on a film about Boston mobster and FBI informant Whitey Bulger. The 'In The Name Of The Father' director's latest project is based on the book Black Mass: The True Story Of An Unholy Alliance Between The FBI And The Irish Mob, which was penned by Boston Globe journalists Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill. Black Mass told the story of Bulger's rise as he took over the Winter Hill Gang, which organised gun trafficking for the IRA and drug running. It also revealed Bulger's childhood friendship with FBI agent John Connolly, who used him as an informant until he disappeared ...
