American Gangster (2007)

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• Release Date: 2007-11-02 - Wide Release
• Distributor(s): Universal Pictures
• Film Genre(s): Action
• Country: United States
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SYNOPSIS

Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas (Washington), the quiet driver to one of the inner city's leading black crime bosses. But when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits the opening in the power structure to build his own empire and create his own version of the American Dream. Through ingenuity and a strict business ethic, he comes to rule the inner-city drug trade, flooding the streets with a purer product at a better price. Lucas outplays all of the leading crime syndicates and becomes not only one of the city's mainline corrupters, but part of its circle of legit civic superstars. Richie Roberts (Crowe) is an outcast cop close enough to the streets to feel a shift of control in the drug underworld. Roberts believes someone is climbing the rungs above the known Mafia families and starts to suspect that a black power player has come from nowhere to dominate the scene. Both Lucas and Roberts share a rigorous ethical code that sets them apart from their own colleagues, making them lone figures on opposite sides of the law. The destinies of these two men will become intertwined as they approach a confrontation where only one of them can come out on top.

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  Variety reports that Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ted Levine, John Ortiz and Yul Vazquez and rappers Common, TI and RZA have joined the project. : 2006-08-22

  Variety reports that Josh Brolin is joining the project - Brolin plays Det. Trupo, a crooked NYPD cop who piggybacks on the Lucas investigation conducted by Det. Ritchie Roberts (Crowe). : 2006-08-17

  Variety reports that Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have rehired Steve Zaillian to rewrite the project. The film will shoot mostly in New York, with a brief stopover in Thailand. : 2006-03-24

  Variety reports that Ridley Scott is in talks to direct Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington in the to shoot this summer project. : 2006-02-14

  Variety reports that Universal Pictures and Imagine are looking to restart the project with writer/director Terry George, and Don Cheadle may play the lead role. : 2005-03-14

  Variety reports that just days after director Antoine Fuqua dropped out of directing American Gangster for Universal Pictures due to "creative differences," the studio has dropped the project altogether. : 2004-10-08

  The Hollywood Reporter reports that Dania Ramirez is in talks to join the pic. : 2004-09-13

  Variety reports that Benicio Del Toro is set to star in the production due to begin in early fall. : 2004-05-24

 Variety reports that Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua are in talks to work on the pic to be produced by Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment for Universal Pictures. The studio hopes to go into production late this summer. : 2004-03-16