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\n\tNicolas Cage (\u201cLonglegs,\u201d \u201cPig\u201d) is set to star in upcoming crime epic \u201cGambino\u201d from director John Woo (\u201cThe Killer,\u201d \u201cSilent Night\u201d), reuniting the pair almost 30 years since cult action hit \u201cFace\/Off.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tWoo will direct from a script written by \u201cBad Boys\u201d scribe George Gallo and Oscar-winning \u201cGreen Book\u201d writer\/producer Nick Vallelonga, with the package launching at the AFM with WME Independent handling sales.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe title follows Cage\u2019s Carlo Gambino, a butcher\u2019s son from Sicily, who ruled New York\u2019s underworld with quiet authority. But when his death sends shockwaves through the city, Pulitzer-winning journalist Jimmy Breslin follows the trail he left behind to uncover the man beneath the legend. As the synopsis reads: \u201cThrough the voices of those who loved him and those who feared him, Breslin peels back the composure that masked Gambino\u2019s ruthlessness, revealing how this outsider rose to redefine power, loyalty, and the American dream.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tCassian Elwes (\u201cDead Man\u2019s Wire\u201d), Edward Zeng (\u201cFollowing Harry\u201d) of NextG Films, Robert Daly Jr., and David Lipper of Latigo Films (\u201cNot Without Hope,\u201d \u201cThe Neglected\u201d) will produce, with NextG Films financing. Cage, Gallo, and Vallelonga will also produce.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cAt NextG Film, our vision is to unite the finest creative talents of Hollywood with the bold entrepreneurial spirit of Silicon Valley,\u201d said Edward Zeng of NextG Film. \u201cTogether, we aim to deliver an epic cinematic experience that brings audiences back to the theater again and again\u2014an experience that not only entertains, but inspires people to reflect on the world we live in today. Humanity stands at a crossroads. Through powerful storytelling and innovative artistry, we hope to remind everyone that the future is ours to shape, and it is our shared responsibility to make it better.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tNews of \u201cGambino\u201d will likely reignite excitement that Cage and Woo may soon embark on a sequel to \u201cFace\/Off,\u201d the hit 1997 action thriller that pitted Cage\u2019s terrorist-for-hire against John Travolta\u2019s FBI agent. Paramount revealed in 1999 that it had plans to remake the movie with a new cast, but in 2021 it was reported that Adam Wingard would direct a film that would instead be a sequel to the first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nicolas Cage (\u201cLonglegs,\u201d \u201cPig\u201d) is set to star in upcoming crime epic \u201cGambino\u201d from director John Woo (\u201cThe Killer,\u201d \u201cSilent Night\u201d), reuniting the pair almost 30 years since cult action hit \u201cFace\/Off.\u201d Woo will direct from a script written by \u201cBad Boys\u201d scribe George Gallo and Oscar-winning \u201cGreen Book\u201d writer\/producer Nick Vallelonga, with the package<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[806,2173,1171,19089,262,10798,9925,19088],"class_list":{"0":"post-33291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-cage","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-film","11":"tag-gambino","12":"tag-john","13":"tag-nicolas","14":"tag-reunite","15":"tag-woo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}