Following hot on the heels of the news that Jonah Hill is reuniting with his Superbad co-star Michael Cera for Adult Swim’s animated pilot Shivering Truth, Variety is reporting that the actor has signed on to star in the upcoming thriller Uncut Gems. Uncut Gems is being directed by Joshua and Benny Safdie (Good Time) […]
Movie Review – Hitchcock/Truffaut (2016)
Hitchcock/Truffaut, 2016. Directed by Kent Jones. Starring Mathieu Amalric, Wes Anderson, Olivier Assayas, Peter Bogdanovich, Arnaud Desplechin, David Fincher, James Gray, Alfred Hitchcock, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Richard Linklater, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese, Francois Truffaut. SYNOPSIS: Filmmakers look at the impact Francois Truffaut’s 1966 book ‘Cinema According to Hitchcock’ had on Hitchcock’s reputation, and their own films. […]
Paramount wants Martin Scorsese for Evel Knievel biopic
Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures has set William Monahan to pen the script for a biopic of the iconic daredevil Evel Knievel, and is hoping to reunite Monahan with The Departed director Martin Scorsese on the project. The film will be based upon Evel Knievel On Tour, a book by Knievel’s ex-manager Sheldon Saltman, which included allegations […]
Joe Pesci unlikely to appear in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman
Having finally reached a deal to bring The Irishman to the screen at Cannes after a fierce bidding war, Martin Scorsese’s plans for his long-gestating adaptation of Charles Brandt’s bestselling book I Heard You Paint Houses have suffered a setback, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that there’s a big question mark over the involvement of […]
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman could finally be on its way
Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures is reportedly closing on a deal that could finally see Martin Scorsese’s long-gestating project The Irishman go before the cameras. A deal is close for the film with Paramount, who are in control of the project, set to finalise details to sell the international rights to Fabrica de Cine before […]
Leonardo DiCaprio reuniting with Martin Scorsese for The Devil in the White City
Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures has closed a deal for Erik Larson’s book The Devil In The White City: Murder, Magic And Madness At The Fair That Changed America, with the film adaptation set to reunite Leonardo DiCaprio with director Martin Scorsese. The film will see DiCaprio starring as Dr. HH Holmes, a nineteenth […]
Martin Scorsese to direct Jamie Foxx in Mike Tyson biopic
Last year it was revealed that Jamie Foxx is set to play Mike Tyson in an upcoming biopic of the former heavyweight boxing champ, and now Foxx has revealed on New York’s Power 105’s Breakfast Show that Martin Scorsese has been tapped to direct the film at Paramount Pictures. “I just went in to Paramount […]
Martin Scorsese secures funding for Silence, will start shooting this month
Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese has finally secured funding for his passion project Silence, an adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel of the same name, which follows a group of Portuguese Jesuits who face intense persecution during their mission to isolated Japan in the 17th century. “I’ve wanted to make Silence for almost two decades, and it […]
Boardwalk Empire movie in the works? Mark Wahlberg wants Martin Scorsese to direct
When he’s not sharing the screen with giant robots and talking teddy bears Mark Wahlberg has been working hard behind the scenes as an active producer of such HBO shows like Boardwalk Empire, In Treatment and Entourage. Not content with Entourage getting the big screen makeover, Wahlberg has been claiming recently that a Boardwalk Empire movie […]
HBO pulls the plug on rock & roll drama series Vinyl
HBO has announced it is pulling the plug on its epic music drama Vinyl. The Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger-executive-produced series, which recently saw the exit of showrunner Terence Winter back in April, had previously been renewed for Season 2 but, according to THR, those plans have now been scrapped. Vinyl followed New York record […]
