Oscar-nominated writer and playwright David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Wag the Dog) has signed on to direct the drama 2 Days/1963. The film is being scripted by Nicholas Celozzi and “purports to tell how his great uncle, the notorious Chicago mobster Sam Giancana, arranged the assassination of President John F Kennedy as revenge for trying to bring down organized crime after the mob helped put JFK in the White House.”
Mamet will do a rewrite on Celozzi’s script, and Bonnie Giancana, daughter of the late mobster, will be a consultant and executive producer.
“The drama will focus on previously untold events that took place during the 48 hours before the assassination of America’s 35th president in November 1963. Some of Celozzi’s information comes from his late Uncle Pepe — Giancana’s brother — who, Celozzi said, told him about the mob’s complicity in the killing. The story will unveil the mob’s version of the assassination—payback for JFK’s snubbing of Giancana after he helped get Kennedy elected, and for Robert Kennedy’s investigation into and attempt to dismantle organized crime.”
Production will begin fourth-quarter 2022 in Los Angeles and on location in Dallas.
via: Deadline