10 Most Hotly-Anticipated Historical Films Still To Be Released In 2015

6. Black Mass

Another upcoming release for those mob-film fans out there, "Black Mass" tells the story of Whitey Bulger - the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston who turns into an FBI informant in order to boot the Mafia family off his turf. Bulger (Johnny Depp) is the brother of a Boston senator and he is forced to allow his Irish Mob to cooperate with the FBI in order to stop Mafia influence spreading further throughout South Boston - a collaboration that has come to be termed as the "Unholy Alliance". Based on Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill's 2001 book "Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob", this film's £24million ($35million) budget is not huge in relative terms but it should stretch far enough to create an action crime-drama that will keep viewers glued to the big screen. Due to be released in September, the cast includes Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Joel Edgerton, Sienna Miller and Dakota Johnson - so acting talent is certainly not in short supply for this film...
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