El-P, rapper/producer and one half of the tag-team alternative hip-hop duo Run The Jewels, announced today on Twitter that he has officially been tapped to create the score for a new biopic about the later life of infamous Chicago mobster Al Capone.
Fonzo will be directed by Josh Trank, best known for his work on Chronicle and Fantastic Four. Trank shared some heavy praise for El-P (real name Jaime Meline) in a press release announcing his involvement on the project, saying, "Since I was 14 years old, El-P’s music has been one of the most important creative influences in my life."
For his own part, Meline said he was "a huge fan of everyone involved," with the cast including such names as Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Jack Lowden, Matt Dillon, Neal Brennan, and Kyle MacLachlan.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">cats out the bag. i’m scoring FONZO. psyched to get the chance to do this shit. in celebration, here’s the only picture i can possibly say i arguably look more handsome than tom hardy in. thanks to everyone involved for giving me this opportunity to get weird. <a href="https://t.co/wSKZD32KD5">pic.twitter.com/wSKZD32KD5</a></p>— el-p (@therealelp) <a href="https://twitter.com/therealelp/status/986617959308300288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Fonzo started principal photography on April 2. Information regarding an official release date remains forthcoming.
