Nicholas Pileggi

Date of Birth

1933-02-22

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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Goodfellas: WTF REALLY Happened to this Movie?

Posted 5 years ago

WTF REALLY Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that dives into movies based on TRUE stories, REAL people, and ACTUAL historical events to separate FACT from FICTION! Director Martin Scorsese’s 1990 mob epic GOODFELLAS starring Robert De Niro,...

Casino (1995) – WTF REALLY Happened To This Movie?

Posted 6 years ago

In this new spinoff of JoBlo’s popular “WTF” series, we dive into movies that are based on TRUE STORIES, real people and actual events from history. Our research finds us digging through available evidence to determine the FACT and FICTION...

Terence Winter, Nicholas Pileggi & Brian Grazer developing mob TV series

Posted 6 years ago

According to Deadline, a new mob series is currently being developed by a couple of people who certainly know their way around stories involving organized crime. Terence Winter, best known for The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire, is penning a series...

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Catherine Zeta-Jones will play a colombian drug lord in The Godmother

Posted 12 years ago

Catherine Zeta-Jones has landed the title role in the biopic of Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco. THE GODMOTHER will tell the story of Blanco who was nicknamed Cocaine Godmother and La Madrina (which translates to "Black Widow") for her infamous...

Sylvester Stallone puts down the Bazooka to play a mob killer in Scarpa

Posted 12 years ago

While you might suggest that Sylvester Stallone slowly walk away from action movies, there’s no reason the legend can’t take on quieter roles, perhaps something without his Expendables. News has come down that THE LINCOLN LAWYER (awesome) and RUNNER RUNNER...

The Unpopular Opinion: Goodfellas

Posted 14 years ago

Alex THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We’re hoping this column...