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It's strange to hear the source claim that the film is in danger of falling apart simply because Franco opted out of what is essentially a supporting role. Shannon ( Man of Steel) was attached to play the Iceman himself, with Liotta playing the gangster he worked for. Pronge eventually asked The Iceman to whack his wife and kid - afterward, he was found shot to death in his Softee truck. Softee ice cream truck and became a sort of mentor to Kuklinski. Softee" Pronge - a real-life hitman who drove a Mr. To be clear: The Iceman would've seen Franco playing the part of Robert "Mr. Now It Looks like this project might fall apart." According to the sources close to the matter: "James pulled out because he couldn't come to an agreement on key contractual issues that didn't involve financial terms. Just Jared has the exclusive, which claims that Franco had to drop out of the film due to some contract issues which (surprisingly) don't seem to involve money. That's a lot star power to bring the story of an unrepentant killer to the big screen however, one film in this race just suffered a setback, as James Franco has now dropped out of The Iceman.
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One is called The Ice Man, which is being written by American History X screenwriter David McKenna and has Mickey Rourke attached to star as Kuklinski then there's the equally intriguing project called The Iceman(one word, not two, see?) which has James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ray Liotta, Michael Shannon and Benicio Del Toro all attached to star. There are two movies about infamous mob hitman Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski currently in development, if you can believe it.