Oscar-nominated writer and playwright David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Shake the dog) has signed on to direct the play 2 days / 1963. The film is scripted by Nicola Celozzi and “claims to tell how his great-uncle, notorious Chicago mobster Sam Giancana, organized the assassination of President John F Kennedy as revenge for trying to take down organized crime after the mob helped put JFK in the White House. “.
Mamet will rewrite the screenplay by Celozzi and Bonnie Giancana, daughter of the deceased mobster, will be consultant and executive producer.
“The drama will focus on untold events that took place during the 48 hours prior to the assassination of the 35th American president in November 1963. Some of Celozzi’s information comes from his late uncle Pepe – Giancana’s brother – who, he said Celozzi, told him about the complicity of the mob in the murder. The story will reveal the mafia’s version of the assassination: revenge for JFK snubbing Giancana after helping to get Kennedy elected and for the investigation of Robert Kennedy and the attempt to dismantle organized crime “.
Production will begin in the fourth quarter of 2022 in Los Angeles and on location in Dallas.
via: Deadline
by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
