For the past couple of weeks, there’s been talk that Lindsay Lohan was in negotiations to play Victoria Gotti in a planned biopic movie about her father John Gotti … and today, the news was all but formally announced — Lindsay will likely get the part of Vicki G. with John Travolta scoring the role of John Gotti, Sr.. Lindsay, Victoria, John Travolta and John A. Gotti all appeared in NYC today to announce the casting at a press conference. Check out photos and deets below.

John Travolta sat at the center of the table looking dapper and cracking jokes. If he seemed like a mafia don, that’s because he was there to announce he would be playing one. Travolta was the headliner at a press conference Tuesday morning at a hotel conference room in midtown Manhattan to announce his next starring role in Gotti: Three Generations. The independently-financed film will star Travolta as John Gotti Sr. Also on hand were director Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook), producer Marc Fiore, and John Gotti Jr. But perhaps the biggest head-turner for the assembled press corps was a platinum-blonde sitting near the front of the room, Lindsay Lohan. The actress has been rumored to be up for the part of the late mob kingpin’s daughter, Victoria Gotti. When asked about her odd presence at the press conference, Fiore said, “Lindsay is a terrific actress. I’m glad to have her here today. We’re in talks. Nothing’s finalized.” Sitting a few feet away from Lohan were Chazz Palminteri, lending some outer-borough street cred, the tanned and tweezed Gotti boys of reality-TV fame, Travolta’s wife Kelly Preston, Jay Leno-sidekick John Melendez, and, for what it’s worth, Miss Teen New Jersey. Ostensibly, the press conference was held to announce that Travolta would star in the Gotti biopic, which traces the relationship between the late Dapper Don and his son. But other casting news was announced as well. Fiore announced that Joe Pesci had signed on to play Gotti deputy, Angelo Ruggiero, and that Travolta’s 11-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu Travolta, who previously appeared in her father’s 2009 film Old Dogs, would also have a part in the film. From Lohan’s presence, it’s assumed that she will play Victoria. Which left open the question of who would play the high-profile role of John Gotti Jr. When asked who he thought should play him, Gotti Jr. joked, “Eddie Murphy!”

While I think it’s really silly for Lindsay to show up at this press conference without having signed on for the role, I think it’s all but certain that she will get the gig. It sounds like all that needs to be hammered out is money. Lindsay should take whatever is being offered her because, let’s be real, Hollywood ain’t knocking down her door with offers. I honestly cannot take anything that Lindsay is associated with seriously. The movies she’s done in the past few years have been terrible. Until she proves me wrong, I’ll continue to be doubtful that she has the acting ability to play a serious role. At least Lindsay‘s got Victoria‘s hair right so … there’s that. What do y’all think about any of this … are you excited to see Lindsay in this Gotti film? Are you at all interested in a Gotti film in the first place?

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