'The Iceman' Draws Killer Cast: Michael Shannon, Benicio Del Toro, James Franco

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(LOS ANGELES, CA), Michael Shannon, Benicio Del Toro and James Franco will star in the Iceman, it was announced today in a joint statement from Millennium Films and Bleiberg Entertainment.

Ariel Vroman (Danika, Rx) is directing from a screenplay co-written with Morgan Earth (Rx, the point of no return), based on the book The Iceman: The True Story of a murderer in cold blood by Anthony Bruno and sequence of interviews the documentary films The Ice Man: Conversations with Jim Thebaut a murderer.

Ehud Bleiberg produce the film. Millennium Films' Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Avi Lerner and Boaz Davidson Executive Producer Laura Rister with Untitled Entertainment. Rabbit Bandini Miles Levy and Vince Jolivette is also executive producers. Bleiberg Entertainment will give Nicholas Meyer associate producer. Now Image, Inc., parent company Millennium Films, will handle sales worldwide.

Iceman is electrifying true story of Richard Kuklinski (Shannon), a notorious mob hit man and loving father. He earned his nickname by freezing the bodies of his victims, disguising the time of death, and threw the police monitored. He was a man who used his violent tendencies and the secession of the impact of creating an idyllic family life. His family and neighbors thought he was a businessman who has no idea way of his mortal life alternate. Kuklinski killed over a hundred people during his life. He never felt remorse for what he had done, except to hurt his family. Del Toro co-stars as an employer Kuklinski, the famous mobster Roy DeMeo, and Franco plays his mentor assassin known as Mr. Softee.

"Our film will be fantastic. The story is compelling, full cast, and everything is directed by Ariel Vromen skills. We have the pleasure of working with Bleiberg Entertainment says Nu Image / Millennium Avi Lerner.

Ariel Vroman comments, "I am honored to work with a talented cast in a fascinating history. From the earliest stages of development, I had the dream of casting Michael Shannon as Kuklinski, as I think anyone can play this role better than him .

"Richard Kuklinski is very bright, the eminently watchable, as is evident from the sequence of real life for him. I look forward to working with Avi, Danny, Trevor and Boaz in the film, Ariel is a filmmaker of great young talent pouring his heart into this project and has a strong artistic vision, "says Ehud Bleiberg.