Stallone attached to Gotti Biopic
Fri, June 25, 2010 
Stallone apparently has plans to take on a serious role after The Expendables, and depending on it's success possibly not until even after The Expendables 2. He's said to be in serious talks with Junior John Gotti to develop a biopic based on his father the dapper don John Gotti.
No confirmation from Stallone himself as to whether he'd playing the role of Gotti himself or just sitting behind the directors chair, for all we know he only plans to help produce and develop the project. I personally can't picture Sly as Gotti so the lead seems out of the question for me, and has far as him directing the idea doesn't blow my mind either. His directing credits include all of the Rocky films with the exception of the first, and the last Rambo. The project is said to be at the choose a screenwriter phase, so it won't be happening anytime soon.
A John Gotti biopic has already been made once by HBO with Armand Asanti in the lead role. Although not a great film it did do a decent job of portraying the man behind the media perception of the 90's.
Gotti, called the Teflon Don because he once seemed impossible to convict, was accused of thirteen murders, conspiracy to commit murder (including that of his predecessor, Paul Castellano) and other charges: racketeering, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, extortion, tax evasion and more. He was the head of the Gambino crime family and one of the most famous organized crime figures of the last fifty years.
Reader Comments (3)
He'd perfect to star in and direct! What the hell are you talkin about??
He looks nothing like Gotti! I wouldn't mind him directing, but he's not my first choice
He's too big and ripped to play someone shorter and more out of shape, they look nothing alike too. I liked the last Rock and Rambo so directing might not be a bad idea for him, produce it as well. But he def shouldn't star