Oh my goodness, it really must be Italian Appreciation Day. Marty Scorsese, beloved maker of mob movies, has signed on to direct a biopic of one Francis Albert Sinatra.

Yes, that sound you just heard was a pizza pie falling to the ground.

Universal and Mandalay have been working on getting the crooner's life rights for some time now, and they've finally succeeded. So all things are a go. Now they just have to find their Frank. Hell, it's probably just gonna be Chris Pine or something.

The best thing about this news, however, is that hopefully it means that this abomination won't get off the ground.

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