Films
As of September 2010, two films about Kuklinski were in the works.
- Mickey Rourke will play Kuklinski in a film based on Philip Carlo's biography The Ice Man, Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer. The film was expected to start shooting in spring 2010 in New York, New Jersey and Florida, though as of June 2012, the film's status has not changed from "in development."
- Michael Shannon will play Kuklinski in the film The Iceman based on Anthony Bruno's book The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer, scheduled for a 2013 release. The film will also star Winona Ryder as Kuklinski's wife (renamed Deborah), Ray Liotta as Roy DeMeo, Stephen Dorff as Richard's younger brother Joey, and Chris Evans as Robert "Mr. Softee" Pronge.
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