{"id":2640,"date":"2010-06-27T11:52:36","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T15:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2010-06-27T12:10:45","modified_gmt":"2010-06-27T16:10:45","slug":"sly-to-play-john-gotti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/27\/sly-to-play-john-gotti\/","title":{"rendered":"Sly to Play John Gotti?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2010\/june\/062710sly_gotti.png?resize=475%2C405\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>June 24, 2010<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TMZ.com<\/strong><\/a> posted an exclusive report stating that&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong> Sylvester Stallone<\/strong> is in serious talks with<strong> &#8220;Junior&#8221; John Gotti <\/strong>to make a movie about his mobster icon father, the late<strong> John Gotti<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>As for <strong>Sly<\/strong> playing <strong>Gotti<\/strong> &#8212; good casting, we might add &#8212; we&#8217;re told the project is far enough along that he&#8217;s ready to pick a screenwriter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Click on the link to read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2010\/06\/24\/sylvester-stallone-john-gotti-john-gotti-jr-mafia-gambino-crime-family\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TMZ&#8217;s full report<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As you can imagine, the TMZ exclusive was reported all over the net including places like&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MyFoxLA.com: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxla.com\/dpps\/entertainment\/stallone-in-talks-to-play-mobster-john-gotti-dpgonc-20100624-mh_8311643\" target=\"_blank\">Stallone in Talks to Play Mobster&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CNN Entertainment: <a href=\"http:\/\/marquee.blogs.cnn.com\/2010\/06\/24\/stallone-set-to-make-movie-about-john-gotti\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stallone Set to Make a Movie About&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>JoBlo.com: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joblo.com\/index.php?id=32726\" target=\"_blank\">Will Sylvester Stallone Play Notorious&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>IGN.com: <a href=\"http:\/\/movies.ign.com\/articles\/110\/1101629p1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Is Gotti Expendable?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>411Mania: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.411mania.com\/movies\/news\/143378\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone in Talks&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Collider.com: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collider.com\/2010\/06\/24\/sylvester-stallone-john-gotti-crime-lord-biopic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone to Play Crime&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hollywood News: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodnews.com\/2010\/06\/24\/sylvester-stallone-prepping-john-gotti-mobster-film\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Prepping&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=stallone+gotti&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>And a bazillion other sites&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 24, 2010, TMZ.com posted an exclusive report stating that&#8230; 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