Now here’s a project I’m genuinely excited about: Irish director Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father, The Boxer and, er, the 50 Cent movie Get Rich or Die Tryin’) is set to adapt the true crime tale Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob. It’s the story of Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger and corrupt federal agent John Connolly, who aided and abetted his criminal empire for decades. (If this sounds familiar, it’s probably because The Departed drew heavily on the Bulger legend.) "This is a story of a corrupt system and about how an angry guy became the second most wanted man after Bin Laden," Sheridan told Variety.

Gore Verbinski has gone to the Black List for his next project.

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