The audience who find movies related to gangsters and mafias incredibly interesting will soon have a reason to visit the cinemas as the official release date of Alto Knights previously known as Wise Guys has been officially confirmed. Some of the most creative minds in Hollywood have been involved in the production of the movie making it all the more promising. The excitement related to the movie has been building up and there have been multiple updates regarding the release of Alto Knights. This article brings you all the details we know so far including Alto Knights release date, cast, and the plot.
Alto Knights Release Date: Movie Overview
Alto Knights is an upcoming American movie revolving around the genre of Biological Cine Drama. The movie is directed by Barry Levinson, and produced by the duo of Irwin Wrinkler and Jason Sosonoff under the production company Winkler Films. It will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and the budget for the movie is $45 million. The cinematography is done by Dante Spinotti and features Robert De Niro in a double role as the mob bosses of the 1950s. The movie was originally titled Wise Guys and has been under process since as long as 1970 but was passed on by all the major production houses in the end. The Robert De Niro starrer movie had a change of title to Alto Knights in the year 2023.
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Alto Knights Release Date: When Can We Finally Watch The Movie?
Alto Knights revolving around the lives of the mafias have been under the process of production since 1970 and have seen multiple pushbacks since the day it was confirmed back in August 2022. The movie was originally scheduled to be released in the theaters on the 2nd of February 2024 but later got delayed and the new release date was set to be the 21st of March 2024 but later saw another delay. According to the latest updates, the movie is to finally have its premiere on the 21st of March 2025 after facing multiple delays and pushbacks.
Alto Knights: Splendid Star Cast
The confirmed star cast of the movie includes some of the most talented and experienced actors in Hollywood namely Robert De Niro, Cosmo Jarvis, Katherine Narducci, and Debra Messing.
The audience will see Robert De Niro, who is known for his role as Vito Corleone in the movie Grandfather Part II, and Frank Sheeran in the movie The Irishman, playing a double role of Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, two gangsters of the 1950s fighting against each other.
Debra Messing, who is famous for her roles like Grace Adler from the movie Will and Grace as well as Detective Laura Diamond in the movie The Mysteries of Laura, joined the cast of Alto Knights in the year 2022 and will be playing the role of Bobbie Costello (Frank’s wife).
Katherine Narducci, who is famous for her roles like Charmaine Brucco from the movie The Sopranos and Carrie Bufalino in The Irishman, also joined the cast in 2022 playing Anna Genovese (Vito’s wife).
Cosmo Jarvis, who is known for his roles like John Blackthrone in the movie Shōgun and Captain Fredrick Wentworth in the movie Persuasion, joined the cast in 2023 playing Vincent Gigante.
Alto Knights Expected Plot of the Movie
Alto Knights was announced as a movie belonging to the genre of Biological Cine Drama and will revolve around the lives of gangsters as the audience will see gang wars between two American-Italian gangsters Vito Genovese and Frank Costello both played by Robert De Niro. Genovese orders Costello to be taken out of his way. Costello survives the attack by Genovese but realizes it is probably time to bid farewell to the underworld. However, the practical implementation of this decision may not prove to be as easy as he thought with many insiders and family members scheming and awaiting a chance to strike.
The movie seems to be a reunion of many of the popular names in the genre of crime and mafia. The director of the movie Barry Levinson has also directed Bugsy which later achieved a nomination for the best film and earned him a nomination for the best director. The writer of Alto Knights, Nicholas Pileggi has also authored the book Wiseguy which was later adapted as a movie named Goodfellas.
Conclusion
The Alto Knights release date has finally been confirmed and the fans can only hope that it does not get any further delayed which will be very disappointing considering the movie has already been pushed back two times. It features some of the famous mafia movie actors and the hype of the movie is sky-high. It would be very interesting to know if the movie actually manages to live up to the expectations of the audience.
