TMG Films to Film ”King of Clubs”, a True Story of Chris Paciello

The long awaited film based on the story of Chris Paciello, has finally been announced and is slated for production in January 2005 in New York/ Miami Beach. With elements of Scarface, Miami Vice, The Sopranos, and Donnie Brasco, the 90 minute feature, “The King of Clubs” tells the true and unbiased story of Paciello, who made world headlines when he was arrested in 1999 in connection with the 1993 murder of a Staten Island, NY housewife.Billed by The Village Voice as “the biggest scandal to hit South Beach since the 1997 murder of Gianni Versace,” The New York-born Paciello was a well-known fixture of Miami’s nightclub and society crowds. In fact, Paciello, who co-owned Liquid, was credited with adding fire to South Beach’s rising status as a major international hotspot. Paciello, who mixed it up with superstars like Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and supermodel Niki Taylor, was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison.Based on a featureXpress article.