Having taken on not one but two Kray twins in 2015's hit British gangster biopic “Legend”, Tom Hardy is now set to play the biggest mobster of them all.
The Academy Award-nominee will star as Al Capone in “Fonzo”, the upcoming project from writer-director Josh Trank. The story will centre on Capone at the age of 47, following nearly a decade of imprisonment, as dementia rots his mind and his violent past comes back to haunt him.
The film will be produced by Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder for Addictive Pictures alongside Oscar-nominated Lawrence Bender. Bloom is handling international sales on the project, now in pre-production.
“'Fonzo' brings together the myth and lore of notorious American Gangster Al Capone, with the undeniable talent of Tom Hardy and Josh Trank,” said Bloom's Alex Walton.
Source: Hollywood Reporter