John Travolta Cast As John Gotti, James Franco As Jr.

[AristotleP]

It's awesome casting ... John Travolta playing John Gotti in a new movie.

Travolta was at Amici restaurant (Italian, of course) in Brentwood last night, where he was coy about taking the role. But Marty Ingels -- the Executive Producer of the movie who dined with John -- was more direct, saying Travolta will play the lead role in the movie, titled "Gotti."

And sources tell us ... James Franco has been approached to play John Gotti, Jr. Awesome.

Our sources say Nick Cassavetes -- of "Alpha Dog" and "Notebook" fame -- is currently rewriting the script and will be the director.


TMZ

[Sheridan Passell]

Sounds interesting. Hopefully Travolta can find some subtlety in it, I wasn't impressed with his villain in The Taking Of Pelham 123.