Joe Pesci be starring in "The Irishman" with long time collaborators Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese. The film is planned for release in 2019 and will be distributed by Netflix. Pesci is a character in the 2005 musical "Jersey Boys", which tells the story of The Four Seasons, due to his involvement in the band's formation. He is similarly a character in the musical's 2014 film adaptation. In the film, the Joe Pesci character asks "Funny how?", a quote from "Goodfellas". Pesci was briefly a recurring character on "Saturday Night Live", played by Jim Breuer. Breuer's characterization was based on Pesci's
Robert De Niro successful at the box office. De Niro had to turn down a role in "The Departed" (2006) due to commitments with preparing "The Good Shepherd" (2006). He said: "I wanted to. I wish I could've been able to, but I was preparing "The Good Shepherd" so much that I couldn't take the time to. I was trying to figure a way to do it while I was preparing. It just didn't seem possible." In June 2006, it was announced that De Niro had donated his film archive (including scripts, costumes, and props) to the Harry Ransom Center at the University