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Harvey Keitel is being sought to play Jimmy Hoffa, the head of the Teamsters union who disappeared in 1975.

The much talked about mobster film landed the most massive deal to come out of Cannes this year. STX Entertainment has acquired the international rights for the film at $50 million.

We’re a couple days into the Cannes Film Festival and there’s a considerable amount of buzz around Martin Scorsese’s forthcoming The Irishman and the long list of deals to report including the Halle Berry and Michael Douglas drama Silence.

Logline: The true story of Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, assassin for the mob who is thought to have carried out more than 25 murders including that of Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa.

Logline: Follows the relationship between John Gotti, Jr. and his infamous mobster father who was head of the Gambino crime family.