'Crash' co-writer gets 'Lucky' gig
Bobby Moresco to pen Luciano crime drama
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Isgro, a former independent record promoter who was once accused, but cleared, of ties to the Gambino clan, is assembling the equity financing for the $35 million budget and will produce through his Full Force Prods. label.
The hiring of Moresco ratchets up the race to make a film about Luciano's rise from Lower East Side street hood to architect of the organized crime syndicate. Another project in the works is being bankrolled by concert and sports promoter Frank J. Russo, with a script by Joe Cortese.
Isgro said his project benefits by having rights and input from a true "guy behind the guy" figure, a longtime Luciano confidante Isgro wouldn't name. Extensive interviews and research have been turned over to Moresco.
A big part of both stories is how the government put Luciano away on a 30-year stretch for pimping and pandering and then leveraged his cooperation in America's WWII efforts with the promise of a pardon. Moresco said that Luciano used his mob clout on the New York docks to root out spies whose reports of ship movement to Nazi U-boats led to the sinking of more than 250 ships. Luciano also arranged for safe passage when troops landed in Sicily.
Isgro, who was exec producer of "Hoffa," is transitioning from music to film and said he has several other percolating pic projects.
Full Force prexy Dan Michaels will be executive producer, and hip-hop music producer Scott Storch will also be involved in a producing capacity.
Moresco is working on several projects, including the "Crash" TV series for Lionsgate and Starz and a film about Whitewater figure Susan McDougal. He has just begun writing the Luciano film.
