Robert De Niro is set to play the part of jailed conman Bernie Madoff in a new TV biopic. The Meet The Parents star signed up to play the convicted fraudster, who is serving a 150-year prison sentence after stealing billions of dollars from high profile clients such as Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon and John Malkovich, and ailing Zsa Zsa Gabor. De Niro is also no stranger to Madoff, the pair were neighbours in New York's luxury vacation retreat the Hamptons. HBO will broadcast the TV movie which is based on New York Times reporter Diana Henriques' new book The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and The Death of Trust, reports Deadline.com. Madoff was jailed in 2009 after his arrest in 2008.
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