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"It's awesome casting ... &lt;strong&gt;John Travolta&lt;/strong&gt; playing &lt;strong&gt;John Gotti&lt;/strong&gt; in a new movie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0125_john_gotti_john_travolta_EX\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/01/25/0125-john-gotti-john-travolta-ex.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Travolta was at Amici restaurant (Italian, of course) in Brentwood last night, where he was coy about taking the role. But &lt;strong&gt;Marty Ingels&lt;/strong&gt; -- the Executive Producer of the movie who dined with John&amp;#160; -- was more direct, saying Travolta will play the lead role in the movie, titled \"Gotti.\" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources tell us Travolta has not signed on the dotted line yet. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're also told &lt;strong&gt;James Franco&lt;/strong&gt; has been approached to play John Gotti, Jr.&amp;#160; Awesome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_0}}Our sources say &lt;strong&gt;Nick Cassavetes&lt;/strong&gt; -- of \"&lt;strong&gt;Alpha Dog&lt;/strong&gt;\" and \"&lt;strong&gt;Notebook&lt;/strong&gt;\" fame -- is currently rewriting the script and will be the director. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marc Fiore&lt;/strong&gt; -- who purchased the rights to Gotti's story back in September -- was also at the last night's meeting and is Executive Producer on the film.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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