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First teaser for Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman

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During last night’s Academy Awards, Netflix unveiled the first teaser for director Martin Scorsese’s hotly-anticipated mob epic The Irishman. It doesn’t feature any footage, but when it showcases a list of names that includes Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel, it certainly commands your attention. Check it out here… SEE ALSO: […]

Martin Scorsese-produced drama Diane gets a poster and trailer

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IFC Films has released a poster and trailer for Diane, a drama from first-time filmmaker Kent Jones and executive producer Martin Scorsese, which won the Best Narrative Feature award at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Take a look here… For Diane (Mary Kay Place), who lives alone in western Massachusetts, everyone else comes first. Generous […]

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio set The Devil in the White City as TV series at Hulu

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After spending a number of years attached to a feature film adaptation, Deadline is reporting that Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are set to adapt Erik Larson’s book The Devil in the White City as a limited TV series at streaming service Hulu. The Devil in the White City tells the interconnecting stories of two […]

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese officially on board Killers of the Flower Moon

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Having been rumoured for a couple of years, Imperative Entertainment have now announced that Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are officially on board an adaptation of David Grann’s bestselling book Killers of the Flower Moon. The story takes place in the 1920s, and explores a string of murders of members of the Native American Osage nation […]

Joaquin Phoenix responds to The Joker casting rumours

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While Joaquin Phoenix has been on the promotional trail for You Were Never Really Here (read our ★★★★★ here) he has been speaking about the rumours linking him with the Todd Phillips directed and Martin Scorsese produced Joker origin film. In discussion with Fandango, he was asked whether he’d be playing The Joker, to which the […]

Al Pacino on being digitally de-aged for Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman

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Martin Scorsese is currently in post-production on his latest film, mob epic The Irishman, with the Netflix movie’s budget reportedly ballooning from $100 million to around $175 million thanks in no small part to the extensive visual effects required to digitally de-age its cast. Once such cast member is Al Pacino, who is teaming on the role […]

Martin Scorsese wraps production on The Irishman

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Martin Scorsese has just announced a production wrap on his latest film, The Irishman. The film marks a return for Scorsese to the mobster crime genre and stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Harvey Keitel, Anne Paquin and a coming-out-of-retirement Joe Pesci for the film. Scorsese made the announcement over his Instagram page, simply saying “That’s […]

Vikings creator teaming with Martin Scorsese for The Caesars

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Vikings and The Tudors creator Michael Hirst has revealed to The Guardian that he is set to team with filmmaker Martin Scorsese for a new series entitled The Caesars, with a plan to tell the story of the early rulers of Rome across several seasons, beginning with the rise of Julius Caesar. “In the movies […]

Exclusive Interview – Asa Butterfield talks Journey’s End

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Asa Butterfield admits he’s been an actor “for a long time”.  By that, he means the best part of 13 years, during which time he’s worked with big names like Harrison Ford and Martin Scorsese.  This week, he’s part of a top drawer British cast in the latest film version of the R C Sherriff […]