Barry Levinson In Talks To Direct ‘Gotti’

COMMENTS (10)

• Good, Lord, what the hell happened to Barry Levinson? Once upon a time my favorite, favorite, favorite director now he’s lapping up sloppy seconds from Nick Cassavettes? Wow! Barry, if you need the $ so bad there’s gotta be an easier way.

  Comment by The Right Coast — Monday May 2, 2011 @ 5:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • “what the hell happened to Barry Levinson?”

    He was just Emmy Nominated for directing Al Pacino in his Emmy-Winning performance in HBO’s YOU DON’T KNOW JACK, that’s what Levinson’s been up to!!! A great film – no matter where you stand on the Euthanasia issue, the film really humanizes Kevorkian.

    You apparently don’t know Jack.

    Comment by YOU don't know Jack — Monday May 2, 2011 @ 5:43pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Sloppy seconds, indeed!
    “Gotti: Three Generations” portrays 3 generations of human garbage.
    Nick came to his senses and ran away, probably the inept producers insistence on hiring Lohan was the final straw.
    Barry’s now a director for hire. Having just directed Pacino, he’s already gotten a sense of the Gotti characters.
    Though Barry’s really too good for the likes of a scummy Gotti biopic lovingly written by the 2nd generation Gotti filth.

    Comment by Neat minutes — Monday May 2, 2011 @ 6:59pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Yeah, and he’s following that wonderful movie w/ this crap? That’s what I meant, moron! Now run back to your boss and show him your little post.

  Comment by The Right Coast — Monday May 2, 2011 @ 6:05pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Give up golf and started directing again !! The perfect choice [ ps give up JT he sucks] get a
  man in there to play a real man.

  Comment by JOHNNY 0 — Monday May 2, 2011 @ 7:02pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Right Coast – sorry your client did not get work on this, but no need to insult. I was already excited for a good mob story – and there’s NEVER TOO MANY. Barry’s involvement makes this film look better.

  Comment by Mr. Reality — Monday May 2, 2011 @ 8:31pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I guess I don’t see the appeal of what the Gotti story offers plus I see a woefully miscast Travolta and predictable and unengaging casting with Pesci. Add to that the tabloid queen narcissicist Lohan and you’ve got box office poison.

  Comment by JJ — Monday May 2, 2011 @ 9:34pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • This will be the “Battlefield Earth” of mob movies, so bad it’s laughable.

    Comment by santa — Tuesday May 3, 2011 @ 5:37am PDT  Reply to this post

• I don’t really believe that this movie will be shot. They suppose to start shooting in October but it probably will just be postponed. And then again and again. I wonder about the budget. Remember that all those TMZ sites were screaming about $85 million. But not any normal person will give even $20 million for Lindsay Lohan movie.

  Comment by Shy — Tuesday May 3, 2011 @ 2:23am PDT  Reply to this post

• Barry Levinson brings both his talent and credibility to this somewhat ‘questionable’ project…and, makes it more possible to believe it might work.

  Comment by tom — Tuesday May 3, 2011 @ 7:48am PDT  Reply to this post