Paramount Pictures has set writers David Levien and Brian Koppelman to pen the script for The Untouchables: Capone Rising, a prequel to the 1987 pic wiht Training Day helmer, Antoine Fuqua, set to direct.
The film is set to concern Capone and the early version of Irish cop Jimmy Malone, who is as crooked as every other Chicago cop until Capone becomes king of the underworld.
Levien goes into detail telling Variety, “The film starts on the eve of Capone’s arrival, and while Malone wasn’t the most corrupt cop, he operated at a time when every cop was on the take… Once he crosses paths with Capone, he sees a level of violence and criminality that causes him to have a moral awakening.”
