Black Mass Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the true story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.

Cited as official plot version from warnerbros.com

Action Crime Drama Gangster

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Black Mass.

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  Johnny Depp

  ... Whitey Bulger

  21 Jump Street, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

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  Joel Edgerton

  ... John Connolly

  Bright, Thirteen Lives

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  Benedict Cumberbatch

  ... Bill Bulger

  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

• J
  Jesse Plemons

  Zero Day (limited series), Bugonia

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  Sienna Miller

  ... Catherine Greig

  Horizon: An American Saga, Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2

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  Dakota Johnson

  ... Lindsey Cyr

  Madame Web, 21 Jump Street

• R
  Rory Cochran

  A Scanner Darkly

• J
  Julianne Nicholson

  The Amateur , Togo

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  Adam Scott

  ... Robert Fitzpatrick

  Madame Web, A.C.O.D

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  Kevin Bacon

  ... Charles McGuire

  MaXXXine, Leave The World Behind

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  Juno Temple

  ... Deborah Hussey

  Venom: The Last Dance , Roofman

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  Peter Sarsgaard

  ... Brian Halloran

  September 5, Presumed Innocent (series)

Crew Behind the Film

The Black Mass behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Scott Cooper last directed The Pale Blue Eye and Antlers.

Director

Scott Cooper

Screenwriters

Mark Mallouk
Jez Buttersworth

Producers

Scott Cooper
John Lesher
Patrick McCormick
Brian Oliver
Tyler Thompson

Production Details

What we know about the Black Mass movie production.

Key Facts

• Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Cross Creek Pictures and RatPac-Dune Entertainment, a Cross Creek Pictures Production in association with Le Grisbi Productions, Free State Pictures and Head Gear Films, a Scott Cooper Film, “Black Mass.”
• Based on Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill's book "Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob."

Production Updates for Black Mass

Feb 2015

Completed

Changed Black Mass movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Feb 2013

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Johnny Depp will shoot Transcendence and then follow with shooting this film. Last announced in May 2011.

May 2011

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production.

Jan 2009

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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