Has Showtime stumbled upon the next Sopranos? The network is developing an hourlong drama series about the Mafia's first family that will explore the history of organized crime in America. The untitled series hails from Goodfellas scribe Nicholas Pileggi, Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter and power producer Brian Grazer, whose Imagine Television Studios will produce alongside Showtime. All three men will serve as executive producers, as will Imagine TV's Samie Kim Falvey. Deadline broke the news, reporting that the show is "inspired by Pileggi's in-depth chronology of organized crime in America -- which is also the history …

Netflix has released a very interesting trailer for its new crime docuseries Fear City: New York vs. the Mafia, which hails from award-winning documentarian Sam Hobkinson. The three-part series details the incredible story of the history-making organized crime investigation and prosecution case brought against the heads of the "Five Families" of the New York mafia -- Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese and Luccese -- who held a powerful and seemingly insurmountable grip on the city. Through interviews with dozens of law enforcement officials, ex-mafia associates and others, Fear City: New York vs. the Mafia sheds light on how the …

You probably know him best from a career of comedic roles, including Hot Tub Time Machine and The Office, but Clark Duke is making his directorial debut with the crime drama Arkansas. The Lionsgate feature was just announced to debut at this year's SXSW Film Festival, which kicks off on March 13 in Austin, Texas and ahead of the film's premiere, we've got an exclusive look at the poster, which is touting a pretty darn stacked cast. Described as a "gritty, darkly comedic thriller," Arkansas explores the criminal underworld of the Deep South in the 80s. Duke …

The Godfather's mob connections go beyond subject matter.

One wouldn't normally associate horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with organized crime, but it turns out the Mafia had a hand in its release.

Back in April 2016, it was announced that Oscar winner Benicio del Toro would star in a film about the Cuban mafia titled The Corporation, based on the nonfiction book by T.J. English. Three years later, sources tell Collider that the project is moving forward, as Tyler Hisel has been hired to write the script for Paramount and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way banner. The film will follow the unique, untold story of Jose Miguel Battle Sr., the leader of “The Corporation," who was known among the Cuban-American community as "El Padrino," aka "The Godfather." Battle served as …

While certainly a massively important genre in cinematic history, mafia movies aren’t especially known for featuring iconic heroes.