The HarperCollins/Morrow novel takes elements of The Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid and Greek tragic dramas and places them in a world of contemporary crime. The first installment was published in April 2022, and the second book in the trilogy, City of Dreams, will be published on April 18.

The trilogy focuses on two criminal empires — one Irish, the other Italian — that control all of New England. A modern-day Helen of Troy event tears them apart and starts a brutal war. Butler will play the main character, Danny Ryan, forced to grow from a street soldier into a ruthless leader to protect his friends, his family and the home he loves. Fighting the Mafia, the local cops and the feds, Danny intends to build a dynasty or die trying.

@elvis is gonna be first in line calling for an Oscar nom

got this book on my to read list, might try to get to it soon

Butler seems a little young for a crime boss tho

I’m in @op I support your thread.

I’m shocked @elvis didnt make this

Like Bethlehem

He's busy hating on Blue Beetle

Will Tarantino steal from this film too?

This is the decade of Butler

Hope the director is good

This will be Butler’s first film as producer, alongside David Heyman and Shane Salerno. The studio has made this a high priority and will be meeting with writers and filmmakers immediately.

Heyman produced Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, as well as Marriage Story, Gravity and the Harry Potter films. Upcoming he has the Greta Gerwig-directed Barbie with Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and the Paul King-directed Wonka with Timothée Chalamet, both releasing later this year by Warner Bros. Salerno most recently co-wrote with James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and Josh Friedman Avatar: The Way of Water.

the ye song in the trailer would be so tasty

this does sound like a streaming movie tho

Elvis won

actually was about to

call me crazy but it does sound like best movie of all time

So bro gon be doing an irish accent for the next five years or what

Deadline reports Challengers screenwriter will be adapting these books to script:

Kuritzkes is hot off the Luca Guadanino-directed Zendaya-starrer Challengers, and Butler is producing along with David Heyman of Heyday Films and Shane Salerno and The Story Factory.

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our generations godfather otw

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