Al Pacino’s spent much of his latter-day career portraying sick, troubled old men—Roy Cohn, Joe Paterno, Jack Kevorkian—so goddamn does it feel good to report that his next role will find him killing the shit out of some Nazis. Deadline reports that, for his episodic television debut, Pacino is poised to star in Amazon’s The Hunt, a 10-episode series created by David Weil (Moonfall) and executive produced by Get Out’s Jordan Peele.
The Hunt, which spins a sensational story out of real-life events, follows a band of vengeance-seekers as they hack and slash their way through a gang of undercover Nazis who hope to raise a “Fourth Reich” in New York City. Pacino will star alongside Percy Jackson himself, Logan Lerman, his character serving as a mentor to Lerman’s Jonah Heidelbaum, a young man who joins the organization after his grandmother is killed by a mysterious intruder.
As The Hunt takes shape, Pacino will appear alongside Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman. That hits Netflix sometime this year.
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It will be interesting to see Pacino sneak up on some Nazis while shouting his lines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9hFRw5jeRQ
“ You wanna kill the jewish girl but SHE’S GOT A GREAT ASS!” [stabstabstab]
“’Cause Eva Braun’s got a GREAT ASS. And your head…is all the way up it!”
Al Pacino’s spent much of his latter-day career portraying sick, troubled old menThere’s a reason for that. He moves like a sick, old man. But I’m sure you feel woke today Randall.
This is my jam. Jordan Peele is just making all kinds of things that I know I will love.
Nope. Sorry. I will never view Pacino as anything but a scoundrel. Even in The Scent of a Woman he was a misogynist asshole. He will always be the Devil from Devil’s Advocate to me (and despite being corny, it was believable).
Then I must suggest you watch a little gem of a film. It kinda snuck under the radar, but Pachino plays a mysterious wealthy man who wishes to commence a relationship with a common girl.
It’s called Jack and Jill.
Sure. OK.
Thanks for putting that “Dunkaccino” song in my head….
Will Pacino act? Will he be able to act like someone not doing an impression of Al Pacino acting like Al Pacino?
No, no, Will Pacino is his cousin.
“A wise nazi slayer”? And here I thought he was going to be a wise Nazi who slays vampires.