The Alto Knights

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The Alto Knights
Alto Knights poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Barry Levinson
Written by Nicholas Pileggi
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Dante Spinotti
Edited by Douglas Crise
Music by David Fleming [1]
Production
company
Winkler Films
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • March 21, 2025 (2025-03-21)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$45 million [2]

The Alto Knights is an upcoming American biographical crime drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Nicholas Pileggi. The film stars Robert De Niro in a dual role as 1950s mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, with Debra Messing, Cosmo Jarvis, Kathrine Narducci, and Michael Rispoli in supporting roles.

Contents

The Alto Knights is scheduled to be released in the United States on March 21, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Premise

Vito Genovese and Frank Costello are Italian-American mob bosses, and Genovese orders a hit on Costello. Costello survives but is wounded in the attempt and ultimately decides to retire from the Mafia. [3]

Cast

Production

The film, initially titled Wise Guys, was in the works from as early as the 1970s but over the decades was passed on by every major studio. [6] Warner Bros. Pictures began work on the film in May 2022 and gave it the greenlight that August. Nicholas Pileggi wrote the script and Barry Levinson directed the film starring Robert De Niro in a double role. [7] In October 2022, Debra Messing and Kathrine Narducci joined the cast. [8] [9] In January 2023, Cosmo Jarvis joined the cast. [3]

The production used vehicle vinyl wraps on 1950s-era cars and trucks to make the vehicles look new in the film. [10] Filming took place in December 2022 in Ohio. The production shut down part of US 35 in Greene County, [11] as well as SR 123 in the greater Cincinnati area before moving to the suburbs of Cincinnati. [12] In October 2023, the film was re-titled Alto Knights; a trailer released in January 2025 revealed the final title to be The Alto Knights. [13] [1]

Release

The film is currently scheduled to be released on March 21, 2025. [14] It was originally scheduled to be released on February 2, 2024, taking over the original release date of Warner Bros. Pictures Animation's Toto , and then on November 15, 2024. [15] [13] On October 24, 2023, Variety reported that, because of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, Warner Bros. was considering delaying the film's release to 2025 along with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice . [16]

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References

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  2. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr (August 23, 2022). "The Batman Director Matt Reeves Sets Multi-Year First Look Film Deal At Warner Bros. & Re-Ups With Warner Bros Television". Deadline Hollywood . Penske Media Corporation.
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