Official: BOARDWALK EMPIRE's Vincent Piazza to Play 'Tommy Devito' in JERSEY BOYS Film

Variety reports that Boardwalk Empire's Vincent Piazza, an early frontrunner for the role of 'Tommy DeVito' in Clint Eastwood's upcoming film adaptation of the musical JERSEY BOYS, has officially joined the project.

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Piazza was offered the role a couple weeks ago but had to figure out his work schedule for HBO's Boardwalk Empire before boarding the Warner Bros. movie.

Outside Boardwalk Empire, Piazza's other TV credits include Rescue Me and The Sopranos. He is the only actor of the four leads never to have appeared in a stage production of JERSEY BOYS.

In addition, BWW recently learned exclusively that Renee Marino, who currently plays 'Mary Delgado' in JERSEY BOYS on Broadway, will play the role in the upcoming big screen adaptation. Her other Broadway credits include Wonderland and Chaplin. Donnie Kehr will star as 'Norm Waxman', Joey Russo as 'Joe "Joey" Pesci', Jeremy Luke as 'Donnie', Christopher Walken as 'Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo', Johnny Cannizzaro as 'Nick DeVito', and Mike Doyle as 'Bob Crewe'.

As BWW previously reported, Broadway's John Lloyd Young and Michael Lomenda are still under consideration to star in the movie musical. Erich Bergen has officially signed on to star as 'Bob Gaudio'. All three actors have previously appeared in a stage production of the musical. If cast, Young would play Frankie Valli and Lomenda would play Nick Massi.

The JERSEY BOYS film adaptation is written by John Logan and is currently slated to begin shooting this summer in Los Angeles.

JERSEY BOYS is the journey of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time: Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty.

JERSEY BOYS is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award, the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album and the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Directed on Broadway by two-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff, JERSEY BOYS is written by Academy Award-winner Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe and choreography by Sergio Trujillo.