The era of James Gunn and Peter Safran and the new DC Studios umbrella has officially begun. And in a town hall meeting today at Warner Bros.
27.10.2022 - 01:59 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Kathrine Narducci will be working again, not just with Robert De Niro, but also filmmaker Barry Levinson, in the latter’s mob pic Wise Guys at Warner Bros.
Wise Guys is a period piece that follows the story of Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of Italian Americans running two separate crime families during the mid-20th century. Genovese tried and failed to assassinate Costello in 1957, though the latter wound up taking his leave from the mob after being injured during the attempt on his life. De Niro is reportedly playing both roles. Narducci will play Anna Genovese who is the wife of De Niro’s Vito character. Deadline first told you that Debra Messing is in talks to play Bobbie, the wife of De Niro’s Costello character.
Wise Guys reps the second time that Narducci has worked with Levinson as she played a prominent role in his 4x Emmy nominated Wizard of Lies and it’s the third time that the actress has worked with De Niro after Bronx Tale and The Irishman.
Narducci recently wowed audiences in HBO’s Euphoria as Fezco’s grandmother and will be seen next in Season 3 of the Epix drama series Godfather of Harlem.
Narducci is known for her turn as Charmaine Bucco, Artie Bucco’s wife, on the HBO award-winning TV series The Sopranos for which she won two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Cast Ensemble. She also played Eleanor Squillari, Bernie Madoff’s longtime secretary and ultimate whistleblower on his Ponzi sheme, in Wizard of Lies.
Other notable credits include staring alongside Tom Hardy in the film Capone directed by Josh Trank and in the Emmy winning movie Bad Education directed by Cory Finley starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janey. Most recently, Narducci can be seen starring alongside Emily
The era of James Gunn and Peter Safran and the new DC Studios umbrella has officially begun. And in a town hall meeting today at Warner Bros.
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline hears that a global zoom meeting was held for Warner Discovery employees this morning, on which CEO David Zaslav introduced the new DC Studios Co-Chairmen and CEOs, James Gunn and Peter Safran. This was their first appearance together before the company since being named to their posts on Oct. 25.
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