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He's a made man! Leonardo DiCaprio to return to mafia genre with The Black Hand about an NYPD detective and the early 20th century mob

Published: 19:58 EST, 31 January 2017 | Updated: 14:11 EST, 1 February 2017

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After Martin Scorcese's The Departed and Gangs Of New York, Leonardo DiCaprio is returning to mob films.

The Academy Award-winning actor's not only starring in but also producing The Black Hand, an adaptation of a yet-to-be-released nonfiction book by Stephan Talty, Deadline have reported.

According to its Amazon page, the book won't be out until April 25, and revolves about the titular criminal enterprise in early 20th century New York City.

Back at it: After appearing in Martin Scorcese's The Departed and Gangs Of New York, Leonardo DiCaprio is returning to mob films, Deadline have reported

Per the synopsis given to Amazon, the book's central figure is Joe Petrosino, 'the Italian Sherlock Holmes,' an NYPD detective who hunted the nascent US mafia.

The Black Hand's reign of terror over New York involved ransom-seeking abductions of Italian American children and a slew of murders by bombing and gunshot.

Using a black hand image as their signifier, the criminals eventually managed to expand operations outside New York and inflamed anti-Italian sentiment.

Incoming; The Academy Award-winning actor's not only starring in but also producing The Black Hand, an adaptation of a yet-to-be-released nonfiction book by Stephan Talty

Relentless and deft with disguises, Petrosino assembled an 'Italian Squad' of detectives that, per Deadline, began apprehending and deporting mafiosi.

An immigrant from Salerno, Petrosino was armed with fluency in Italian and a drive to prevent Italian Americans garnering a reputation as mobsters.

Ultimately, he was shot dead by the mafia in 1909 whilst seeking information about them in Palermo, where a memorial for him was put up in the Piazza Marina.

The man behind the story; Per the synopsis given to Amazon, the book's central figure is Joe Petrosino, 'the Italian Sherlock Holmes,' an NYPD detective who hunted the nascent US mafia

The New York Times have referred to him as 'The only New York City police officer ever killed in the line of duty on foreign soil.'

As Deadline reported, Talty's written six historical books and has ghostwritten Richard Phillips' book A Captain's Duty, which became the film Captain Phillips.

Paramount Pictures are behind the forthcoming film of The Black Hand, the book version of which is subtitled The Epic War Between A Brilliant Detective And The Deadliest Secret Society In American History.

Producing Petrosino: Paramount Pictures are behind DiCaprio's forthcoming film of The Black Hand, the book version of which is subtitled The Epic War Between A Brilliant Detective And The Deadliest Secret Society In American History