If you know anything about the rich history of the mob in Cleveland odds are that you know the story of Danny Greene rather well. Movieset reveals in a press release announcing the film:

THE IRISHMAN chronicles the rise and fall of Danny Greene (Ray Stevenson), the fiercely proud and vicious Irish-American gangster who muscled in on the Italian mob in 1970s Cleveland, Ohio. Thirty-six bombs shook the streets of Cleveland in 1976 as the legendary, almost mythical Celtic warrior Danny Greene launched a turf war that struck down countless dozens of gangsters. The hard fought death of Danny Greene started a chain reaction of mobsters turning against mobsters that led to the collapse of the Mafia not only in Cleveland, but also in Milwaukee, Kansas City, Los Angeles, and other cities across the United States. The Mafia, or La Cosa Nostra, never recovered.

The film is based on the book "To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia". Ray Stevenson will portray the lead as Danny Greene with Christopher Walken playing Shondor Birns. Val Kilmer will be featured in the film as well playing a Cleveland police officer who becomes friends with Greene.

While the film is based on events that happened right here in Cleveland, the filming is being done up in Detroit. Here are some clips of the movie that is scheduled to be released sometime next year: