There’s no upside to this story, no morality tale, and no poetry. The Gotti’s are real, and really horrendous. It was fiction, so we could distance ourselves from it. Also, “The Godfather” was a solid bestselling novel by Mario Puzo. “Gotti” is going to be directed by Nick Cassavetes, who’s lacking in the success department. “The Godfather” was put together by a Dream Team, and director by Francis Ford Coppola. Someone–maybe former comic and husband of Shirley Jones, Marty Ingles or Jonathan Krane, Travolta’s sometime manager–has convinced Vinnie Barbarino that this will be his “Godfather.” You can hear the pitch–look at what this kind of thing did for Brando! Ahem. Now he’s announcing a new film that’s his latest career ender: he’s going to play John Gotti in a film about the dead, disgusting mobster and his living, disgusting son. Just when you think he’s finished–with stuff like “Battlefield: Earth”–he comes bouncing back with an off the wall hit like “Wild Hogs.” Scientology, gay rumors, toupees, the National Enquirer–it’s all there, but Travolta just bounces along. John Travolta has career longevity, that’s for sure.