Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who previously wrote
Ocean's Thirteen, are to write the adaptation of the Don Winslow novel
The Winter of Frankie Machine, which stars Robert De Niro, according to Variety.
"Frankie Machine" is about a mob hitman who gave up the game for a quiet life as the proprietor of a bait shop. When the son of a mob boss asks for his backup to help resolve a dispute with another Mafioso, he agrees, only to find he's been set up for a hit.