EXCLUSIVE: After working on the project for more than three years, Pete Davidson is taking on a “dream job” to play notorious mafia killer Tommy Pitera, who was known as Tommy Karate.
Production is due to begin in June on crime-thriller Tommy Karate, which is inspired by a true story and based on the non-fiction true crime book The Butcher: Anatomy Of A Mafia Psychopath by Philip Carlo.
The film will chart the pursuit and capture of one of America’s most ruthless mobsters and serial killers by notorious DEA Agent Jim Hunt (who also helped take down El Chapo) played by Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird).
Camila Mendes (Masters of the Universe) and Simon Rex (Red Rocket) also star with Justin Chon (Pachinco) directing. North.Five.Six, Two & Two Pictures and Grammercy Park Media are behind the buzzy package. The screenplay was penned by Davidson, Chon, and
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