Scorsese and De Niro reunite for mafia movie

'Goodfellas' director Martin Scorsese and the movie's star Robert De Niro are returning to the murky underworld of the New York mob for a new gangster film.

De Niro has signed to play Frank 'the Irishman' Sheeran in the Scorsese-directed project - based on the book 'I Heard You Paint Houses'.