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06-28-2005, 11:40 AM
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De Palma signs up for Untouchables prequel
Staff and agencies
Tuesday June 28, 2005
Guardian Unlimited
Brian De Palma has signed on to direct a prequel to his 1987 mob masterpiece The Untouchables.
The Untouchables: Capone Rising, as its title suggests, will be about the early life of gangster Al Capone, played in the original by Robert de Niro. The film will also feature Jimmy Malone, Capone's cop nemesis, who was played to Oscar-winning effect by Sean Connery.
The film will reportedly not feature Eliot Ness, the policeman who formed the Untouchables and who played a huge part in bringing down Capone from his position of crime king of Chicago.
De Palma, who has just finished work on the James Ellroy adaptation, The Black Dahlia, starring Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johannson, replaces Training Day director Antoine Fuqua, who prior to his departure was reportedly seeking to tie down Sean Penn for the role of Capone. No casting news has yet been released.
As well as winning Connery his only Oscar, for best supporting actor, the original The Untouchables was nominated for Ennio Morricone's original score, best costume design and best art decoration.
It is just the latest in a tidal wave of prequels coming out of Hollywood following the relative success of the latest Star Wars trilogy. Batman Begins recently topped the box office in the US and later this year will see the release of Carlito's Way: The Beginning with Jay Hernandez in the Al Pacino role. A controversial prequel to The Exorcist was also released last year.
De Palma signs up for Untouchables prequel
Staff and agencies
Tuesday June 28, 2005
Guardian Unlimited
Brian De Palma has signed on to direct a prequel to his 1987 mob masterpiece The Untouchables.
The Untouchables: Capone Rising, as its title suggests, will be about the early life of gangster Al Capone, played in the original by Robert de Niro. The film will also feature Jimmy Malone, Capone's cop nemesis, who was played to Oscar-winning effect by Sean Connery.
The film will reportedly not feature Eliot Ness, the policeman who formed the Untouchables and who played a huge part in bringing down Capone from his position of crime king of Chicago.
De Palma, who has just finished work on the James Ellroy adaptation, The Black Dahlia, starring Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johannson, replaces Training Day director Antoine Fuqua, who prior to his departure was reportedly seeking to tie down Sean Penn for the role of Capone. No casting news has yet been released.
As well as winning Connery his only Oscar, for best supporting actor, the original The Untouchables was nominated for Ennio Morricone's original score, best costume design and best art decoration.
It is just the latest in a tidal wave of prequels coming out of Hollywood following the relative success of the latest Star Wars trilogy. Batman Begins recently topped the box office in the US and later this year will see the release of Carlito's Way: The Beginning with Jay Hernandez in the Al Pacino role. A controversial prequel to The Exorcist was also released last year.