James Gandolfini to play the mayor in The Taking of Pelham 123

It has been announced that James Gandolfini has signed up to take on the role as the mayor in the film “The Taking Of Penlham 123″.

He will be joining an all-star cast which already includes Hollywood heavyweights Denzel Washington and John Travolta.

James will find his character faced with a crisis when passengers on a packed subway compartment are held to ransom by a group of hijackers, led by John’s ruthless criminal.

Denzel will portray the transit cop who has to cope with the unfolding drama in the movie, due to hit cinemas in 2009.

The original film, ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three’, was released in 1974 and starred Walter Matthau as the transit cop and British actor Robert Shaw as the lead hijacker.

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