Benicio del Toro will create a criminal empire
In the competition for the rights to film adaptation of T.J. English's book The Corporation: An Epic Story of the Cuba American Underworld , Paramount became the winner, and the main role in the future film was fixed for Benicio del Toro . The site The Hollywood Reporter writes about this.The adaptation of English will be David Matthews, and the new project will include Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman as producers. The work is based on a real story about the Cuban mafia, which did its business in the 50s and 80s in Miami and New York. In the center of events is Jose Miguel Battle Sr. ( del Toro ) - a native of Havana, who once served in the Cuban police. He subsequently collaborated with the CIA during the preparations for Operation Bay of Pigs, but the mission failed. Battle was captured by the Cuban authorities and sent to prison. After his release, he returned to the United States, where he built his own criminal empire, called "Corporation" . The organization was associated not only with illegal sweepstakes and drug smuggling, but also with murders. Also Battle actively supported the movement supporting the overthrow of Fidel Castro.  Now Benicio del Toro is busy filming the eighth episode of "Star Wars", and a few days ago there was official information that the actor would take part in the work on the sequel to "Assassins". Also in the future plans of del Toro is a crime thriller called "Trap". The Topic of Article: Benicio del Toro will create a criminal empire. |
