Fifth Mafia
Joe Mantegna is keeping himself busy, even with production of Criminal Minds continuing. He is going to star in the upcoming movie, Fifth Mafia. The movie also stars Eric Balfour and Armand Assante, and James Van Der Beek (who played in two season two episodes of CM) is in negotiations currently. The movie is about the son of a murdered mafioso (son is Eric Balfour). The son isn’t involved in the mafia, but plans to avenge his father’s death - which his Uncle Dominic (Assante) is responsible for. James Van Der Beek will play an FBI agent, whose life the son “ruins” (though no details on how). Joe Mantegna will play a member of the Dominic Lucido family.
The independent movie is directed by Vito J. Giambalvo. No production date has been set yet.
There actually is an Italian mafia-like organization called the Fifth Mafia - or the Stidda. Members supposedly are able to identify one another because they are often tatooed with a green five-pointed star, which is called “i punti della malavita” or “the points of the criminal life”. “La stidda” means “star” in Italian. The Fifth Mafia has expanded its power base to include the United States, Canada, and Germany.
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