Josh Trank’s Capone Starring Tom Hardy Gets A Trailer
Al Capone was America’s most notorious gangster who ruled with an iron fist. Josh Trank‘s long awaited forgotten about film ‘Fonzo‘ is finally getting released. The film has a new name Capone, and now it has it’s official Trailer…Looks totally bonkers!
The project has been on the go for four years, production ending in 2018. Like many films it’s fell off the radar and now it’s back with the film now heading to Digital. This doesn’t surprise us with the current Covid-19 pandemic disrupting our lives.
Tom Hardy plays the titular character and it’s not the standard biopic. It seems the film will focus on the infamous gangster’s latter years suffering with dementia. But is he faking the illness to get released? The FBI and enemies wait for the mob boss to let slip.
This sounds the perfect fit for the British actor, the trailer suggest he loved every minute. It’s dark, gritty, potentially violent, just refreshing see a dangerous figure in a downward spiral.
Once a ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago with an iron fist, Alfonse Capone was the most infamous and feared gangster of American lore. At the age of 47, following nearly a decade of imprisonment, dementia rots Alfonse’s mind and his past becomes present. Harrowing memories of his violent and brutal origins melt into his waking life. As he spends his final year surrounded by family with the FBI lying in wait, this ailing patriarch struggles to place the memory of the location of millions of dollars he hid away on his property.
The film also stars Linda Cardellini, Noel Fisher, Jack Lowden, Matt Dillon, and Kyle MacLachlan.
The above trailer is for the North American release, with no UK release details released yet. Capone is getting a Digital release from 12th May Stateside. Expect UK to get a similar release, when that date will be we don’t know at this stage.
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