Martin ScorseseThe most Oscar-nominated living director has just suffered another setback in his career. The director has been preparing his new projects for a long time. One of them was supposed to be a new film about Jesusturning again to the story of the Christian leader, as he had already done in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) The second film he produced was a biopic about Frank Sinatra which had been in development for fifteen years.
The films were already in the final stages of pre-production, but Diversity delivered the worst news. And both were postponed indefinitely. In fact, the two films were expected to shoot back-to-back and begin this year. But that’s not how it’s going to end up. Martin Scorsese was forced to put a painful end to them. The film is about Christ It was supposed to be the first one and yes, despite the hiatus, the source indicates that the project is still going ahead.
The film will be an adaptation of the novel. The Life of Jesusfrom Shusaku Endo. This is the same writer. Silencework that the director himself brought to the big screen in 2016. The idea was to start filming in just a few weeks, but even the casting has not been announced. Among those rumored to star in the film are Andrew Garfieldwith whom he had already worked in the aforementioned film eight years ago. Scorsese He had planned to film in Israel, Italy and Egypt, but after an indefinite delay, plans could change dramatically.
The Life of Jesus The action was supposed to take place in the present day, although the director himself admitted that he did not want to limit himself to any specific moment in order to create a sense of timelessness. The idea is to show the main teachings Christ a departure from the doctrinal and proselytizing approach. Also, unlike their recent releases, this one will only be about 80 minutes long. That is, it will be their shortest film ever. The next few months will be key to find out if the film will be realized.
No news from Sinatra.
As for the biopic about Frank Sinatra, Martin Scorsese He had intended to start filming in November. But it appears that it is not as advanced as expected. According to several sources allegedly involved in the production, workers learned of the indefinite delay in mid-August. In fact, the project has been announced since 2009. But in all that time, the director has failed to get it done. It seemed that 2024 was definitely the year to Leonardo DiCaprio And Jennifer Lawrence is in talks to play the lead role in it, which is raising a lot of anticipation.
But in the end, the filmmaker is not planning to shoot it yet either, since there is not even a studio engaged in production, although Apple and Sony Pictures are making noise. The key factor, apparently, is the approval of the property rights to Sinatrawhich is run by his daughter Tina SinatraThe film will tell the story of the marriage of an artist and an actress. Ava GardnerThis relationship with the media led to the breakup of his first marriage to Nancy Barbatomy mother Bath. Without the family’s official approval, the film’s future Martin Scorsese It’s in the air.
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