Peter Landesman wrote the script for the biopic of Nicky Barnes, the Harlem-based mobster who was dubbed 'Mr. Untouchable.'
Peter Landesman wrote the script for the biopic of Nicky Barnes, the Harlem-based mobster who was dubbed"Mr. Untouchable."The actor has signed on to star in and produce, a crime biopic written by Peter Landesman. The two previously worked together when Smith starred inSmith will produce with James Lassiter, his partner at Overbrook Entertainment, now under the umbrella of Smith’s Westbrook Inc. Also producing Matt Jackson via Jackson Pictures and Jason Essex for Anonymous Nobodies.
Netflix is describing the story as centering on the Shakespearean court intrigue between the Council’s king, Nicky Barnes, dubbed “Mr. Untouchable” bySmith will play Barnes, the man who partnered with the Italian Mafia to start his own syndicate, specializing in the heroin trade. He was arrested in 1978 and after a series of incidents, turned on the Council by becoming a federal informant. He was in the witness protection program and while he died in 2012, his death was only reported in 2019.
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