ROTTEN TOMATOES: De Niro and Pacino ... Back Together Again!

De Niro and Pacino ... Back Together Again!

by Scott Weinberg | May 18, 2007

Fans of "The Godfather Part 2" and "Heat" may want to read this: Looks like Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are about to reunite to make another crime thriller. And soon, too!

The project is called "Righteous Kill." It'll be directed by Jon Avnet ("Fried Green Tomatoes") and written by Russell Gewirtz ("Inside Man"). Plot details are sketchy, but apparently the duo will play cops chasing down a serial killer. Production is scheduled to begin in New England later this year.

The $60 million project will come from Nu Image / Millennium Films, two outfits not exactly known for "Pacino caliber" projects, but hey, if that's what it takes to get these guys back onscreen together, I'll hold my tongue for now.

"This is an event in world history," says Nu Image chief Avi Lerner, "They were in two scenes in 'Heat.' In this movie, they are in the whole thing together." Cool. So maybe it'll suck eggs, but at least two good actors will be in the same shot together.

Source: Variety

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mjolson20 writes:
on May 18 2007 03:09 AM

[b]De Niro and Pacino= CLASSIC[/b]
its gonna be classic

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Thundaar writes:
on May 18 2007 03:42 AM

Deniro is a great actor (although he has made some strange choices in roles -Fearless Leader..?). Pacino is great too. So far, it sounds like it will be good.

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Zengine writes:
on May 18 2007 04:59 AM

I, for one, am a fan of big movie stars joining for a project, and pretending to shoot each other. Maybe Deniro can kill Al this time.

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dracus writes:
on May 18 2007 05:36 AM

Finally, De Niro and Pacino together for a full movie ... "Louis, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship.�

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lonechicken writes:
on May 18 2007 07:11 AM

I think the draw and greatness of Heat was that they were only in two scenes together. The anticipation was a nice "outside the movie" subplot.

Hopefully, this project won't be the typical buddy cop movie where one guy is anal and the other is a hippy.

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stevegilpin writes:
on May 18 2007 07:52 AM

Awesome.

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arendr writes:
on May 18 2007 08:55 AM

I just hope this isn't some kind of career summing movie where they play parodies of themselves as they seem to have done lately.

But yes, cool news! Just give us a good story and good dialogue!

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FireflyFan4evr writes:
on May 18 2007 09:18 AM

Pacino and De Niro are both great actors, but have been past their prime for a while now. Neither has been in a movie lately deserving of their talent and presence, but hopefully this is the one. However, from the looks of the plot this film looks like drek. Two cops searching for a serial killer??? NO WAY!!! I have never seen that before!!! Maybe one will be a cop like Dirty Harry and the other will be by the books and one will die at the end. That would be so original. Sorry, but I had to say that sarcasm.

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tycox writes:
on May 18 2007 09:34 AM

[b]TWO CLASSIC ACTORS ONE JOKE OF A DIRECTOR!!![/b]
Why does it seem all these kickass movies nowadays are going to bullshit directors???

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Saint Leonidas writes:
on May 18 2007 10:19 AM

[b]AWESOME!!![/b]
Two great actors doing what they do best, crime dramas. Cant be bad when they are together. Cant wait!

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Xhrix writes:
on May 18 2007 01:22 PM

I wonder how many Viagra product placements will be in the film

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Starseeder writes:
on May 18 2007 01:42 PM

In reply to this comment (#865884)
dreck (drk)
n. Slang
Trash, especially inferior merchandise.
[German, dirt, trash and Yiddish drek, excrement, both from Middle High German drec, from Old High German; see sker-3 in Indo-European roots.]

We're talking Pacino & DeNiro, not Van Damme and Seagal...

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ecko777 writes:
on May 18 2007 02:21 PM

[b]IT'LL BLOW IF.....[/b]
jon avnet!!!!! what the HELL!!! somebody get MICHAEL MANN UP IN THIS MUTHAFUCKA!!! 2 MEGA SUPERSTARS WILL LEGENDARY TALENT BEING DIRECTED WHY SOME GUY THAT NO ONE REALLY GIVES A DAMN ABOUT.......

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FireflyFan4evr writes:
on May 18 2007 04:42 PM

In reply to this comment (#865889)
I said the plot looks like dreck. Not the actors or the talent attached to it.

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Boss Fan writes:
on May 18 2007 07:05 PM

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You wouldn't pay to see that movie too?

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gypsylover writes:
on Jul 14 2007 03:43 PM

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the reson is easy they are not in there 30's or 40's for the better roles they are not leading men anymore. they go to deep, penn, remember these are really actor's trying to compete with tech blow up smash up blood & guts box office........... tracy, bogart, brando, burton, otoole, lancaste,r did not have to compete with the visual...... they had to be well wriiten & directed that made they acting seem easier pacino & deniro nicholson, hopkins, hoffman, are so great they take nothing scirpts horrid plots & turn them into a decent movie....

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