NY POST/PAGE SIX...

THE sequel to one of the all-time great mob stories is on the way.
Gangster-turned-FBI informer Henry Hill just sold the book rights for the
follow-up to "Wiseguy," the true tale authored by Nicholas Pileggi that went on
to become Martin Scorsese's classic "Goodfellas."

Hill, a one-time soldier in the Luchese crime family who turned rat when he got
busted on drug charges in the early 1980s, has contracted with Manhattan
publisher M. Evans & Co. to write a book about his life in the federal witness
protection program. It will also relate his subsequent arrests on drug-related
charges and his adventures as a bigamist.

The tome, to be co-written by "The Outfit" author Gus Russo, also promises
plenty of flashbacks to Hill's violent heyday. "It's just in time," Hill tells
PAGE SIX's Ian Spiegelman. "Before I get too old. I've had 22 wonderful years
on the run. I guess I've got a lot to talk about."

The 59-year-old reformed racketeer - who married his girlfriend of 17 years,
Kelly, seven weeks ago - says the as-yet untitled book will probably take a
year to complete. A movie version appears to be in the works too.

"I just spoke to Nick [Pileggi] today and he told me he'd love to write the
screenplay," Hill says.

Hill has had no trouble staying busy lately. He's already put out "The
Wiseguy's Cookbook" and Random House is releasing "The Goodfella's Guide to New
York," which Hill describes as "a book about Sparks Steakhouse and where to buy
presents for your goumata and all that nonsense."

As a gangster, Hill was equally adept at robbery, assault, gambling, hijacking
and dealing drugs. As a straight citizen, he remains a renaissance man.

"I've got my own production company," he says. "We just did a nine-minute short
that VH1 is going to premiere. I've been acting, too. I've got four agents and
they send me scripts. I just got a call-back for ‘Providence.' All of a
sudden I'm a celebrity, but I don't know what that means."

While his former mob cohorts wasted away in prison, Hill says he's been trying
to give back to the community from which he stole.

"I'm under the auspices of the FBI. I do a lot of seminars, go to Quantico and
talk about organized crime and all that nonsense. In that life, I lived in fear
constantly. Today I don't live in fear.

"Sometimes I get paid but it's not about that. When I do it, I'm giving back
what was given to me, a new life. Not too many people get that chance,
especially where I come from. I was a s- - -bag for a long time."

Hi,
Oh no please tell me it isn't true. Goodfellas was great due to the fact they had Robert DeNiro as Jimmy and Joe Pesci as Tommy. Pesci was funny as hell in the role. A movie just about Henry on his own might not be a box office success.

Paul

I really dont know what to think about this, I mean if a movie is made I will go see it. I just hope it isn't a fuck up. The first one was so great.

Henry Hill is now a businessman!
hope the sequel won't spoil the legacy of "GoodFellas."

GoodFella

Goodfellas wasn't exactly sucessful in the box office either.

Paul[/qb][/QUOTE]Goodfellas wasn't exactly sucessful in the box office either.[/QB][/QUOTE]

-- Yeah, thats why it got Joe Pesci the Academy Award.

Goodfellas was Martin Scorcese. This Henry Hill thing will just be another movie. The only thing it will have in common with Goodfellas is Hill.

Your logic dosen't make sense. The award is based on the performance the actor gives, not on how much the movie makes at the box office. If it went by your logic, one of the little kids in the Harry Potter movies would have gotten Best Actor last year. Besides, the numbers don't lie- http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=goodfellas.htm

Try to know what your talking about before you open your mouth next time.

If Ray Liotta did'nt play Henry Hill then the movie would definatly suck..

Ray Liotta scared me a bit, probably in the "you're a funny guy" scene, whenever he starts laughing his face is just "scary" but i don't know if a movie about Henry Hill would be all bad

I never thought that Henry Hill was a fasinating character in the first place. So a story about a rat in protective service doesn't appeal to me at all. :rolleyes:

i know, he looked like a gay guy with botoks injections.

yeah deathkiss I feel the same way..

i wasnt a big fan of the end of goodfellas if they made a second one then it would probly suck it would be the end of goodfellas but longer.