Martin scorsese officially boards luc besson’s mafia pic ‘malavita’

Martin scorsese officially boards luc besson’s mafia pic ‘malavita’


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After consulting informally on Luc Besson‘s mafia actioner _Malavita_, Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese has come aboard the Robert De Niro–Tommy Lee Jones starrer as executive producer. Scorsese


and Besson put their heads together through the film’s pre-production and filming and will continue collaborating as the EuropaCorp and Relativity production heads toward its October 18


release date. Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron and John D’Leo also star in the dark comedy about the Manzonis, a mob family that goes into witness protection in Normandy, France. Besson is


producing and directing from his script, adapted with Michael Caleo from Tonino Benacquista’s book _Badfellas_. Virginie Besson-Silla is producing for EuropaCorp, with Relativity’s Ryan


Kavanaugh producing and Tucker Tooley executive producing. WME and manager Rick Yorn repped Scorsese in the deal.