William Forsythe will be playing Jake LaMotta in the sequel by the Argentinean director Martin Guigui that would follow Middleweight boxer LaMotta's life after his downfall in the first part.Martin Scorsese has previously commented on this saying that he doesn't see the need for making a sequel for the film as the story was all over in the first part.The film is written by Rustam Branaman and Guigui himself, starring also Natasha Henstridge, Joe Mantegna and Penelope Ann Miller.