Nicolas Cage (“Longlegs,” “Pig”) is set to star in upcoming crime epic “Gambino” from director John Woo (“The Killer,” “Silent Night”), reuniting the pair almost 30 years since cult action hit “Face/Off.”

Woo will direct from a script written by “Bad Boys” scribe George Gallo and Oscar-winning “Green Book” writer/producer Nick Vallelonga, with the package launching at the AFM with WME Independent handling sales.

The title follows Cage’s Carlo Gambino, a butcher’s son from Sicily, who ruled New York’s underworld with quiet authority. But when his death sends shockwaves through the city, Pulitzer-winning journalist Jimmy Breslin follows the trail he left behind to uncover the man beneath the legend. As the synopsis reads: “Through the voices of those who loved him and those who feared h

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