Capone First Trailer: Tom Hardy Is Notorious Gangster Al Capone In The Biopic

What a very strange but exciting 24 hours for the movie, CAPONE. Josh Trank‘s (Chronicle) long-in-the-works Al Capone biopic starring Tom Hardy has only recently changed titles from FONZO to CAPONE, then it found a distributor via Vertical Entertainment, it has reportedly got digital release plans in the pipeline and then the director dropped the new trailer for the movie! Check out the super footage in the video player below:

The trailer has shown already that this movie has the potential to deliver and more: it’s dark, violent, loud and seems to offer up a new insight into Al Capone’s life that many may be unfamiliar with, as it covers his early onset dementia and of course the crimes committed.  Tom Hardy looks every inch the fearsome gangster and one thing we do know about the actor, is that when he performs, he gives it everything, even right down to the voice and accent he uses when portraying Capone. This is something we explored here.

TRAILER.

Tom Hardy. Capone. Coming MAY 12.

(Different title. My cut. 🤩) pic.twitter.com/2PLdrcFxY6

— Josh Trank (@joshuatrank) April 15, 2020

Here is the official synopsis for the movie: A ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago with an iron fist, Al Capone (Tom Hardy) was the most infamous and feared gangster of American lore. At the age of 47, following nearly a decade of imprisonment, dementia rots Capone’s mind and his past becomes present as harrowing memories of his violent and brutal origins melt into his waking life.

Co-starring in Capone are Linda Cardellini (Dead to Me) as Capone’s long-suffering wife Mae, Matt Dillon (Crash) as his closest friend Johnny, Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks) as his doctor Karlock, and Kathrine Narducci (The Sopranos) as Rosie, one of his sisters. It will also feature Jack Lowden and Noel Fisher.

Josh Trank (Fantastic Four, Chronicle) is on double duties for this one as he has penned the script and has also directed the movie. It’s produced by Aaron L. Gilbert (Fences, Beatriz at Dinner) for BRON, Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder (Hold the Dark, Tau) for Addictive Pictures, and Academy Award nominee Lawrence Bender (Inglorious Basterds, Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction) for A Band Apart, alongside executive producer Jason Cloth of Creative Wealth Media.

This may not be the first time that we have seen films portraying Al Capone, but one thing is for sure, this is a movie I will definitely be watching upon its release.

What do you think of the new trailer for CAPONE? Will you be watching the film when it is digitally released? As always, we like to know your thoughts, so leave a comment below, tweet us @filmandtvnow or drop us a comment on our Facebook page.

Capone releases digitally May 12th.

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