Outside of The Illusionist, Yari Film Group is yet to impress with their film line-up, but this one sounds intriguing as they have set Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke and Amanda Peet to star in Real Men Cry for director Brian Goodman.
The autobiographical crime drama will find Hawke and Ruffalo playing childhood friends Paulie and Brian, respectively, who are forced to survive on the tough streets of South Boston through a life of petty thievery. They join a local gang of criminals, but Brian finds it hard to reconcile his work and friendship with Paulie and his relationship with his wife (Peet) and son.
Goodman penned the script in which the character of Brian is based on Goodman’s own experiences with a friend who is now serving 100 years in prison for armed robbery. He tells The Hollywood Reporter, “I came from a broken home and was living in survival mode. I have three bullets in me, one in the back of my head.”
After decades of drug and alcohol abuse, Goodman went to prison for assaulting an in-law he says abused his relative. Beginning in the late ’90s, he began getting small roles in Boston films. It was then that he befriended Donnie Wahlberg at a high-stakes card game. The two collaborated on the screenplay with fellow Boston native and actor Paul T. Murray.
Real Men Cry is set to film on location in Boston beginning in November.
