HBO have bought the recently published book
"Truth and Consequences: Life Inside the Madoff Family" which was
written with the co-operation of Madoff's son Andrew and other family
members.
Both Andrew and his mother
Ruth helped promote the book with rare TV appearances including an
in-depth interview on "60 Minutes".
De
Niro, 68, will star as Madoff, the former Wall St financial expert who
swindled investors out of an estimated $50bn with a Ponzi scheme.
Madoff
was jailed for 150 years and has since been disowned by his family
following the suicide of his eldest son Mark in December 2010 who could
not live with the shame of the misery caused to thousands of investors.
The
biography will act as source material for the film which is being
produced by De Niro and his partner Jane Rosenthal from his company
Tribeca Productions.
