It's awesome casting ... John Travolta playing John Gotti in a new movie.

Travolta was at Amici restaurant (Italian, of course) in Brentwood last night, where he was coy about taking the role. But Marty Ingels -- the Executive Producer of the movie who dined with John -- was more direct, saying Travolta will play the lead role in the movie, titled "Gotti."

Sources tell us Travolta has not signed on the dotted line yet.

We're also told James Franco has been approached to play John Gotti, Jr. Awesome.

Our sources say Nick Cassavetes -- of "Alpha Dog" and "Notebook" fame -- is currently rewriting the script and will be the director.

Marc Fiore -- who purchased the rights to Gotti's story back in September -- was also at the last night's meeting and is Executive Producer on the film.

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I don't think this movie will turn out good. The HBO biopic Gotti which was made in the 90's was really good and Armand Assante played the role well. I like Travolta but I can't see him playing Gotti.

I don't think this movie will turn out good. The HBO biopic Gotti which was made in the 90's was really good and Armand Assante played the role well. I like Travolta but I can't see him playing Gotti.

Another good one was the tv-film Witness to the Mob from 1998. Tom Sizemore played Gotti.

The film was more focused on Sammy "The Bull" but Gotti was in it a lot.

Another good one was the tv-film Witness to the Mob from 1998. Tom Sizemore played Gotti.

The film was more focused on Sammy "The Bull" but Gotti was in it a lot.

I forgot about that one. My brother has a VHS of it and I watched it once and it was pretty good.

Hey, John Travolta! I wouldnt care to watch a John Gotti movie :( Mobsters are all a bunch of Punks anyway.

If this comes out, i'll check it out as long as it's a lot of violence LOL. John Travolta is good at playing a bad guy.

John Travolta to Play Mobster John Gotti
3/30/2011
by Gregg Kilday


John Travolta is set to play John Gotti Sr., the mobster known as the Dapper Don, in the indie pic Gotti: Three Generations.




Nick Cassavetes will direct the screenplay by Leo Rossi, which focuses on the relationship between John Gotti Sr., the head of the Gambino crime family who died in prison in 2002, and his son John Gotti Jr.

The son took over the family business for his father, served time in prison, but then successfully escaped conviction in four subsequent racketeering trials.





Gotti Jr., who's given his blessing to the project, plans to join the producers, Travolta and Cassavetes at a press conference on April 12 at the Sheraton New York Hotel.

Travolta, repped by WME, last appeared in the action thriller From Paris with Love.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-travolta-set-play-mobster-172948