Citing “scheduling conflicts”. Nicholas Cage has dropped out of playing the lead role of Al Capone in Brian De Palma’s follow-up to 1987′s “The Untouchables” – “Capone Rising”. I for one, am very happy with this development. Cage as a big-time mobster? I just can’t see it.

No replacement for Cage has been announced yet, but Gerard Butler remains committed to the project. “Capone Rising” is written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. The film chronicals Capone’s rise to power in the mob world, and how his relationship with detective (and nemesis) Jimmy Malone first began.