Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire,The Runaways), Benicio Del Toro and James Franco will be starring in THE ICEMAN , it was announced today in a joint statement made by Millennium Films and Bleiberg Entertainment. Ariel Vromen (Danika,Rx) is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Morgan Land (Rx, The Point of No Return), based on the book The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer by Anthony Bruno and on interview footage from the documentary The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer by Jim Thebaut. THE ICEMAN is the electrifying true story of Richard Kuklinski ( Shannon ), a notorious mob contract killer and loving family man. He earned his nickname by freezing the bodies of his victims, disguising the time of death, and throwing police off-track. He was a man who used his tendencies toward violence and detachment from consequence to create an idyllic family life. His family and neighbors believed he was an average businessman, having no idea about his d...