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De Palma to direct Untouchables Prequel: Capone Rising
October 31, 2006–Relativity, headed by Ryan Kavanaugh, will produce “The Untouchables” prequel: “Capone Rising”, set to start shooting in June. Art Linson, who produced De Palma's original “Untouchables,” is producing.
Prequel was originally set up at Paramount. Relativity recently struck a deal to finance and produce, with Par agreeing to distribute in the U.S.
Writing duo Brian Koppelman and David Levien penned the script for “Untouchables: Capone Rising,” which charts Chicago mob boss Al Capone's rise to power and his relationship with police detective and nemesis Jimmy Malone.
Koppelman and Levien, who wrote “Ocean's Thirteen,” also penned “Runaway Jury” and “Rounders.”
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