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 […]
Joaquin Phoenix responds to The Joker casting rumours
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
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’s The Irishman said to be way over budget
For the past six months or so, Martin Scorsese has been hard at work shooting his latest film The Irishman, which sees him returning to the mob genre and directing a hugely impressive cast which includes the likes of Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel. We already knew that the Netflix […]
Martin Scorsese wraps production on The Irishman
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
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
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 […]
Anna Paquin cast in The Irishman as Robert De Niro’s daughter
With production in full swing on Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Deadline is reporting that a new cast member has joined the film. True Blood‘s Anna Paquin will star as the daughter of Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran, played by Robert De Niro. Paquin will play Peggy, the “strong-willed daughter” of Frank and Mary Sheeran. She’s estranged from her […]
Jack Huston joins Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman
Boardwalk Empire star Jack Huston is set to reunite with Martin Scorsese on the filmmaker’s latest project, the $100 million mob drama The Irishman. Robert De Niro leads the cast of the film as Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran, a mob hitman who claimed to be responsible for the assassination of Jimmy Hoffa. Also featuring alongside […]
