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FilmNation Entertainment to Finance Yakuza Film Tokyo Vice
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
FilmNation Entertainment has signed on to finance and internationally distribute the live-action Tokyo Vice film based on American reporter Jake Adelstein's book.
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter films) will star as Adelstein, a noted yakuza (Japanese mafia) expert who wrote about crime and the yakuza for the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper. Adelstein became entangled with the yakuza because of his work and specifically with yakuza boss Tadamasa Goto, and wrote about his experiences in Tokyo Vice.
Music video and commercials director Anthony Mandler will direct the film, and playwright JT Rogers is writing the script. John Lesher (End of Watch) and Adam Kassan at Le Grisbi Productions are producing the film. Adelstein himself is working with Rodgers on the script. Production on the film is scheduled to start in mid-2014.
Source: Deadline
