D'Onofrio, Sorvino and Jones Join 'The Irishman'
It appears I was dead wrong on this one...
It appears I was most likely wrong in thinking Lightening Entertainment's The Irishman would be a direct-to-DVD title as the production house is out pre-selling the film at the Cannes Film Festival and Screen Daily has additional names to add to the cast.
Already cast in the film, which will be directed by Jonathan Hensleigh from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jeremy Walters, are Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer and Ray Stevenson and Screen Daily announces Vincent D'Onofrio, Paul Sorvino and Vinnie Jones have also joined the cast.
The film was inspired by Rick Porrello's "To Kill The Irishman: The War That Crippled The Mafia" and tells the story based on the life of mobster Danny Greene (Stevenson), who lorded over Cleveland's criminal underworld during the late 1970s. Walken is onboard to play infamous loan-sharking nightclub owner Shondor Birns, and Kilmer will portray a Cleveland cop who befriends Greene.
Steve Schirripa, Fionnula Flanagan, Laura Ramsey, Linda Cardellini, Bob Gunton and Tony Lo Bianco have also joined the cast.
Shooting is set to begin next week in Detroit.
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