Johnny Depp to star as gangster in 'Black Mass'
AFP
LOS ANGELES- US star Johnny Depp will play notorious Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in the film "Black Mass", to be directed by Barry Levinson, the producers announced Saturday.
The film recounts the fate of the godfather of Boston's underworld who became an FBI informant to get rid of a gangster rival but was eventually arrested in 2011.
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Shooting will start in May and the film will be distributed by Universal Studios, said a statement from co-producer Cross Creek.
Depp, 49, will also play in Disney's "The Lone Ranger" scheduled for release next summer.
In June, the actor announced his separation from long-term partner Vanessa Paradis with whom he has two children.
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