Brian De Palma To Direct 'Untouchables' Prequel

[Tuesday, June 28th, 2005]
Brian De Palma is returning to direct the prequel The Untouchables: Capone Rising, according to Variety.

Paramount Pictures 1987 original hit film was about lawman Eliot Ness's takedown of Al Capone.

The prequel will center on young Al Capone's arrival in Chicago and his rise to criminal kingpin status. The drama charts his collision course with Irish cop Johnny Malone, the character played in the original pic by Sean Connery. Antoine Fuqua was originally attached to direct.

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