The Black List screenplay,
written by David Scarpa, centers on the 1973 kidnapping in Italy of J. Paul Getty III — the rebellious teenage grandson of oil billionaire J. Paul Getty, who was reluctant to pay the $ 17 million ransom demanded
by the
kidnappers.
Written by Peter Malone Elliott, the story finds the mercurial Frank Sinatra at the apex of his career when he's forced to team up with the FBI to rescue his son from a group of inept
kidnappers, giving Ol' Blue Eyes the chance to repair their broken father - son bond.