One more Irish mob-related flick hits Boston

Is Boston married to the mob?

Jim Sheridan, the acclaimed Irish filmmaker of "My Left Foot" and "In the Name of the Father," plans to film the quintessential Whitey Bulger flick based on the book "Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob."

According to reports here, Sheridan is gearing for a three-month shoot in South Boston beginning in April.

With the success of "The Departed" as well as a barrage of Boston-based projects in various stages of production including the Spike-TV pilot "War of '04," the Somerville Irish mob flick "Code of Silence" and the Graham King/Martin Scorsese project on Bulger hit man John Martorano, the latest news from Sheridan sounds like it's an Irish mob overkill.

While I feel like Boston continues to be an untapped resource of material for writers and filmmakers, I do believe that there's an oversaturation of Boston mob/crime films. In fact, I chronicled a majority of the thug-related productions here.

However, as we've seen with Scorsese's work, folks can't get enough of gang-related material, especially if it's inspired by reality and is reworked by master storytellers like Sheridan.

Click here for my list of Boston-based films in various stages of production.