Director Luc Besson started negotiations with Tommy Lee Jones for him to participate in the new film "Malavita" starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer, in which he will play a federal detective in case he accepts.The film is based on the French book "Badfellas", who is about a retired gangster living under the witness protection program who is sucked back into the world of crime.Filming will start in August, to be finalized and released to theaters in 2013, with filming locations between France and the United States.