Sandra Hüller, the Oscar-nominated actor of “Anatomy of a Fall,” and four-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe (“At Eternity’s Gate”) are set to co-star in Kent Jones’ “Late Fame,” reteaming “May December” co-screenwriter Samy Burch and producer Killer Films.
One of the hottest packages set for a Cannes Launch, “Late Fame” has been boarded by MK2 Films which is hot off an Oscar win for “Anatomy of a Fall” and will represent worldwide sales outside of North America. WME Independent, UTA Independent Film Group and Cinetic Media will co-represent North American rights. Pamela Koffler and Christine Vachon will serve as producers for Killer Films (“Past Lives,” “May December”). The film will start shooting in NYC in the fall.
“Late Fame” “tells the story of Ed Saxberger (Dafoe), who wrote a book of poetry a long time ago that no one ever cared about. When a group of young artists rediscover his work,...
One of the hottest packages set for a Cannes Launch, “Late Fame” has been boarded by MK2 Films which is hot off an Oscar win for “Anatomy of a Fall” and will represent worldwide sales outside of North America. WME Independent, UTA Independent Film Group and Cinetic Media will co-represent North American rights. Pamela Koffler and Christine Vachon will serve as producers for Killer Films (“Past Lives,” “May December”). The film will start shooting in NYC in the fall.
“Late Fame” “tells the story of Ed Saxberger (Dafoe), who wrote a book of poetry a long time ago that no one ever cared about. When a group of young artists rediscover his work,...
- 5/6/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Scorsese is certainly no match for his Hollywood counterparts like Francis Ford Coppola, 85, Ridley Scott, 86, or Clint Eastwood, 93, but at 81, he is also an incredibly prolific filmmaker, directing and producing projects almost every year.
And it seems that Mr. Scorsese has recently become even more active, as 2024 alone will see the back-to-back production of his two personal films. In other words, the representative of the New Wave of the 70s and now a legend of 21st century Hollywood does not intend to retire.
Speaking of the two upcoming films, it is a biopic about Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, which will be played by DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, as well as another adaptation of the book written by Japanese Christian writer Shūsaku Endō.
Yes, Scorsese previously adapted one of Endō's novels, Silence, which delighted critics, sparked debate about the subject matter, and became an absolute box office bomb. However,...
And it seems that Mr. Scorsese has recently become even more active, as 2024 alone will see the back-to-back production of his two personal films. In other words, the representative of the New Wave of the 70s and now a legend of 21st century Hollywood does not intend to retire.
Speaking of the two upcoming films, it is a biopic about Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, which will be played by DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, as well as another adaptation of the book written by Japanese Christian writer Shūsaku Endō.
Yes, Scorsese previously adapted one of Endō's novels, Silence, which delighted critics, sparked debate about the subject matter, and became an absolute box office bomb. However,...
- 4/26/2024
- by louise.everitt@startefacts.com (Louise Everitt)
- STartefacts.com
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have worked on different projects a staggering six times and the director reportedly hopes to extend that number.
And not just with Leonardo DiCaprio, he means to also bring back Jennifer Lawrence for another round of adventures, but this time, there’ll be a lot of singing.
Leonardo DiCaprio – Eyed For the Role of Frank Sinatra In Martin Scorsese’s Planned Biopic
Martin Scorsese, 81, is reportedly planning to make a Frank Sinatra biopic after he completes his independently financed upcoming film Jesus, per Variety.
A source apparently reached out to Variety to reveal that DiCaprio, 49, would play the iconic singer-songwriter in the movie, with Jennifer Lawrence being eyed for the role of Sinatra’s second wife Ava Gardner. DiCaprio and Lawrence, 33, both played lead roles in 2021’s “Don’t Look Up.”
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The project, however, has not been approved as Sinatra’s daughter Tina,...
And not just with Leonardo DiCaprio, he means to also bring back Jennifer Lawrence for another round of adventures, but this time, there’ll be a lot of singing.
Leonardo DiCaprio – Eyed For the Role of Frank Sinatra In Martin Scorsese’s Planned Biopic
Martin Scorsese, 81, is reportedly planning to make a Frank Sinatra biopic after he completes his independently financed upcoming film Jesus, per Variety.
A source apparently reached out to Variety to reveal that DiCaprio, 49, would play the iconic singer-songwriter in the movie, with Jennifer Lawrence being eyed for the role of Sinatra’s second wife Ava Gardner. DiCaprio and Lawrence, 33, both played lead roles in 2021’s “Don’t Look Up.”
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The project, however, has not been approved as Sinatra’s daughter Tina,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Nmesoma Okechukwu
- Celebrating The Soaps
Andrew Garfield and Miles Teller could be starring in an upcoming movie together!
The two actors are reportedly being eyed for roles in Life of Jesus, according to Variety, which will be independently financed and directed by Martin Scorsese.
Keep reading to find out more…
It’s currently unclear if Andrew is wanted for the role of Jesus or one of his disciples, though he definitely has the look for the titular role!
This would also reunite Andrew with Martin, after previously working together on the 2016 film Silence.
Variety reports that production is looking to start later this year, with filming taking place in Israel, Italy and Egypt.
Life of Jesus would be based on Shūsaku Endō’s 1973 book, “A Life of Jesus.”
In case you missed it, Martin Scorsese is also developing a Frank Sinatra biopic, with these two stars being eyed for lead roles…
Earlier this year, it...
The two actors are reportedly being eyed for roles in Life of Jesus, according to Variety, which will be independently financed and directed by Martin Scorsese.
Keep reading to find out more…
It’s currently unclear if Andrew is wanted for the role of Jesus or one of his disciples, though he definitely has the look for the titular role!
This would also reunite Andrew with Martin, after previously working together on the 2016 film Silence.
Variety reports that production is looking to start later this year, with filming taking place in Israel, Italy and Egypt.
Life of Jesus would be based on Shūsaku Endō’s 1973 book, “A Life of Jesus.”
In case you missed it, Martin Scorsese is also developing a Frank Sinatra biopic, with these two stars being eyed for lead roles…
Earlier this year, it...
- 4/17/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Martin Scorsese is taking on biopics of both Jesus and a music god: Frank Sinatra.
The Oscar-winning auteur is rumored to be once more developing a biopic based on the legendary crooner — a project Scorsese’s been associated with before — with longtime collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio in talks to portray Ol’ Blue Eyes himself. Variety reported the news. DiCaprio recently starred in Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and also led other Scorsese-helmed biopics like “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “The Aviator.”
Variety noted that Frank Sinatra’s daughter Tina Sinatra controls her father’s estate and hasn’t yet approved a film adaptation of his life story. However, Scorsese is already looking to cast both DiCaprio and fellow Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence in the film, with Lawrence portraying screen star Ava Gardner, who was Sinatra’s second wife after Nancy Barbato. Lawrence and DiCaprio co-starred in “Don’t Look Up.
The Oscar-winning auteur is rumored to be once more developing a biopic based on the legendary crooner — a project Scorsese’s been associated with before — with longtime collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio in talks to portray Ol’ Blue Eyes himself. Variety reported the news. DiCaprio recently starred in Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and also led other Scorsese-helmed biopics like “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “The Aviator.”
Variety noted that Frank Sinatra’s daughter Tina Sinatra controls her father’s estate and hasn’t yet approved a film adaptation of his life story. However, Scorsese is already looking to cast both DiCaprio and fellow Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence in the film, with Lawrence portraying screen star Ava Gardner, who was Sinatra’s second wife after Nancy Barbato. Lawrence and DiCaprio co-starred in “Don’t Look Up.
- 4/17/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
It’s been at least 15 years since Martin Scorsese first got involved with a biopic of Frank Sinatra, an almost too-logical pairing of Italian-Americans of a certain age from the tri-state area. Around the time of Hugo, Scorsese was so excited by 3D he considered shooting it and Silence (!) on the format; needless to say this did not come to pass. Many years went by, rights evaporated, and the busier-by-the-day octogenarian seemingly moved on.
Which makes it a great surprise, per Variety, that Scorsese’s perhaps more eager than ever to move forward: Leonardo DiCaprio is (of course) his consideration for ol’ blue eyes, while Jennifer Lawrence would portray Ava Gardner, Sinatra’s second wife and the woman who most drove him insane. Apple (of Flower Moon) and Sony are interested, which matters less when Tina Sinatra, the estate owner, has yet to give blessing. One thinks, however, it’s just a matter of time.
Which makes it a great surprise, per Variety, that Scorsese’s perhaps more eager than ever to move forward: Leonardo DiCaprio is (of course) his consideration for ol’ blue eyes, while Jennifer Lawrence would portray Ava Gardner, Sinatra’s second wife and the woman who most drove him insane. Apple (of Flower Moon) and Sony are interested, which matters less when Tina Sinatra, the estate owner, has yet to give blessing. One thinks, however, it’s just a matter of time.
- 4/17/2024
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Clockwise from top left: The Holdovers (Focus Features), The Last Temptation Of Christ (Universal Pictures), Red Eye (DreamWorks Pictures), Música (Amazon MGM Studios)Image: The A.V. Club
An Oscar-winning drama-comedy, a controversial Martin Scorsese movie about Jesus, an underappreciated Wes Craven movie starring Cillian Murphy, and a music-filled rom-com lead...
An Oscar-winning drama-comedy, a controversial Martin Scorsese movie about Jesus, an underappreciated Wes Craven movie starring Cillian Murphy, and a music-filled rom-com lead...
- 4/3/2024
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
Martin Scorsese has signed a deal with Fox Nation, the streaming platform for Fox News Media, to host, narrate, and executive produce an eight-episode docudrama titled Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints.
The religious series is set to release in two parts, debuting on Nov. 16, and running through May 2025. Each episode will dramatize the life of a different saint, including Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, John the Baptist, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, Moses the Black, Sebastian, and Maximillian Kolbe. Per a press release, the series is billed as an exploration...
The religious series is set to release in two parts, debuting on Nov. 16, and running through May 2025. Each episode will dramatize the life of a different saint, including Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, John the Baptist, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, Moses the Black, Sebastian, and Maximillian Kolbe. Per a press release, the series is billed as an exploration...
- 3/27/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Martin Scorsese is set to both host and produce a new religious documentary series for Fox Nation. Titled Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints, the eight-part series will chronicle the lives of (you guessed it) eight different saints and will debut on November 16th.
Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints will cover the stories of figures like Joan of Arc and John the Baptists through re-enactments and on-camera discussions between Scorsese and historical experts. Created by Matti Leshem, the show features direction from Elizabeth Chomko and writing by Kent Jones. With the announcement, Scorsese joins the likes of Kevin Costner, Rob Lowe, and Dan Aykroyd, who have all fronted projects for the Fox News-run streaming service in recent years.
“I’ve lived with the stories of the saints for most of my life, thinking about their words and actions, imagining the worlds they inhabited, the choices they faced, the examples they set,...
Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints will cover the stories of figures like Joan of Arc and John the Baptists through re-enactments and on-camera discussions between Scorsese and historical experts. Created by Matti Leshem, the show features direction from Elizabeth Chomko and writing by Kent Jones. With the announcement, Scorsese joins the likes of Kevin Costner, Rob Lowe, and Dan Aykroyd, who have all fronted projects for the Fox News-run streaming service in recent years.
“I’ve lived with the stories of the saints for most of my life, thinking about their words and actions, imagining the worlds they inhabited, the choices they faced, the examples they set,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Jonah Krueger
- Consequence - Film News
It’s been inferred since last year that Martin Scorsese’s forthcoming Jesus film would take an aslant approach to the greatest story ever told. Put simply and enigmatically by the man himself: “I don’t know what it’s going to be, exactly. I don’t know what you’d call it. It wouldn’t be a straight narrative. But there would be staged scenes. And I’d be in it.”
After furthers confirmations and intimations of what the film, an adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s A Life of Jesus, will constitute, Father Antonio Spadaro––with whom Scorsese conversed for a series of interviews that form the recently published Italian book Dialoghi sulla fede (Dialogues on Faith)––has given Variety a close view of its intentions. Per Scorsese’s hopes to remove negative onuses from religion, Spadaro said the feature seeks “to recover this original experience that he had of the fully embodied,...
After furthers confirmations and intimations of what the film, an adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s A Life of Jesus, will constitute, Father Antonio Spadaro––with whom Scorsese conversed for a series of interviews that form the recently published Italian book Dialoghi sulla fede (Dialogues on Faith)––has given Variety a close view of its intentions. Per Scorsese’s hopes to remove negative onuses from religion, Spadaro said the feature seeks “to recover this original experience that he had of the fully embodied,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Last May, after “Killers of the Flower Moon” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Martin Scorsese traveled to Rome with his wife, Helen Morris, to attend a conference titled “The Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination.” There, the director announced that he had responded to an appeal by Pope Francis to artists “in the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus.”
The conference was organized by Jesuit publication “La Civiltà Cattolica.” It took place after the journal’s editor, Father Antonio Spadaro, held a series of one-on-one conversations with Scorsese that have just come out in Italy in a book published by La nave di Teseo titled “Dialoghi sulla fede” (“Dialogues on Faith”).
The final chapter of this book is titled, as translated from Italian, “Screenplay for a Possible Film on Jesus” by Scorsese. Spadaro, in the book’s introduction, specifies...
The conference was organized by Jesuit publication “La Civiltà Cattolica.” It took place after the journal’s editor, Father Antonio Spadaro, held a series of one-on-one conversations with Scorsese that have just come out in Italy in a book published by La nave di Teseo titled “Dialoghi sulla fede” (“Dialogues on Faith”).
The final chapter of this book is titled, as translated from Italian, “Screenplay for a Possible Film on Jesus” by Scorsese. Spadaro, in the book’s introduction, specifies...
- 3/27/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
After his Oscar-nominated epic Killers of the Flower Moon and a sci-fi Super Bowl ad, Martin Scorsese will return to the realm of faith for his next project. We recently learned his adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s A Life of Jesus, which will be around an 80-minute, mostly present-day film in which he intends to capture a universal look at Jesus, will begin production this year. Now, thanks to a 1.5-hour Berlinale conversation Scorsese took part in with Joanna Hogg on the occasion of receiving his Honorary Golden Bear, we have a few more details on his approach.
Scorsese says, “It took me quite a number of years to be able to come to terms with the script of Silence, because I didn’t quite fully know how to handle the scene in which [Andrew Garfield’s character] apostatizes, where Jesus tells him, ‘Step on me. That’s why I was created.
Scorsese says, “It took me quite a number of years to be able to come to terms with the script of Silence, because I didn’t quite fully know how to handle the scene in which [Andrew Garfield’s character] apostatizes, where Jesus tells him, ‘Step on me. That’s why I was created.
- 2/23/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Martin Scorsese recently spoke at the Berlin Film Festival, where he discussed his upcoming movie chronicling the life of Jesus Christ.
The Jesus Christ movie could be Martin Scorsese’s next project, but the director is still in the process of figuring it out. “I’m contemplating it right now,” Scorsese said. “What kind of film I’m not quite sure, but I want to make something unique and different that could be thought-provoking and I hope also entertaining. I’m not quite sure yet how to go about it.“
Once the awards tour for Killers of the Flower Moon is behind him, Scorsese hopes to resume work on the project. “Maybe I’ll get some sleep and then wake up and I’ll have this fresh idea of how to do it,” he said. While it seems like there’s still a lot to do before the project moves forward,...
The Jesus Christ movie could be Martin Scorsese’s next project, but the director is still in the process of figuring it out. “I’m contemplating it right now,” Scorsese said. “What kind of film I’m not quite sure, but I want to make something unique and different that could be thought-provoking and I hope also entertaining. I’m not quite sure yet how to go about it.“
Once the awards tour for Killers of the Flower Moon is behind him, Scorsese hopes to resume work on the project. “Maybe I’ll get some sleep and then wake up and I’ll have this fresh idea of how to do it,” he said. While it seems like there’s still a lot to do before the project moves forward,...
- 2/20/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Martin Scorsese revealed he is still mulling how to tackle the life of Jesus on the big screen, at a press conference at the Berlin Film Festival where he will receive its honorary Golden Bear on Tuesday evening.
“I’m contemplating it right now. What kind of film I’m not quite sure, but I want to make something unique and different that could be thought-provoking and I hope also entertaining. I’m not quite sure yet how to go about it,” he said.
Scorsese first revealed that he wanted to make a film about the life of Jesus while attending Pope Francis’s Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination conference at the Vatican last May.
A recent L.A. Times article suggested that he had completed a screenplay adapted from the book A Life Of Jesus by Shūsaku Endō, who was also the author of historical missionary tale Silence which...
“I’m contemplating it right now. What kind of film I’m not quite sure, but I want to make something unique and different that could be thought-provoking and I hope also entertaining. I’m not quite sure yet how to go about it,” he said.
Scorsese first revealed that he wanted to make a film about the life of Jesus while attending Pope Francis’s Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination conference at the Vatican last May.
A recent L.A. Times article suggested that he had completed a screenplay adapted from the book A Life Of Jesus by Shūsaku Endō, who was also the author of historical missionary tale Silence which...
- 2/20/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Martin Scorsese is just trying to get around Manhattan…until aliens get in his way.
The Oscar winner and “Killers of the Flower Moon” 2024 Academy Award nominee directs and stars in short film “Hello Down There,” which will be televised during this year’s Super Bowl.
The logline reads: “What does a highly advanced civilization have to do to get noticed around here? Watch the extended cut of ‘Hello Down There,’ a tale of intergalactic outreach, directed by Martin Scorsese.”
The Squarespace ad is the second commercial for the brand involving Scorsese, with the auteur appearing alongside daughter Francesca Scorsese for a previously-released “making of” spot that showed the concept behind “Hello Down There.”
“A 30-second film is much harder because each scene is like a second, maybe?” Scorsese said in the commercial. “The main character happens to be a website. Now, the thing is, I don’t really know...
The Oscar winner and “Killers of the Flower Moon” 2024 Academy Award nominee directs and stars in short film “Hello Down There,” which will be televised during this year’s Super Bowl.
The logline reads: “What does a highly advanced civilization have to do to get noticed around here? Watch the extended cut of ‘Hello Down There,’ a tale of intergalactic outreach, directed by Martin Scorsese.”
The Squarespace ad is the second commercial for the brand involving Scorsese, with the auteur appearing alongside daughter Francesca Scorsese for a previously-released “making of” spot that showed the concept behind “Hello Down There.”
“A 30-second film is much harder because each scene is like a second, maybe?” Scorsese said in the commercial. “The main character happens to be a website. Now, the thing is, I don’t really know...
- 2/7/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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