Johnny Depp has been attached to Cross Creek's crime thriller "Black Mass" as Boston's most notorious gangster, Whitey Bulger
"Black Mass" directed by Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson ("Rain Man"), it was announced today by Cross Creek Pictures President Brian Oliver and Senior Vice President Tyler Thompson and "Exclusive Media's" Co-Chairmen Nigel Sinclair and Guy East. "Black Mass" will be released by "Universal Pictures" in the US through Cross Creek’s distribution deal with the studio. The film is scheduled for a May 2013 start date.
Source: "Comingsoon"