Martin Scorsese has lastly discovered his new film, and he has assembled an eclectic forged that features long-time collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio, 2024 Academy Award nominee Emily Blunt, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Scorsese is likely one of the most acclaimed filmmakers ever to dwell, and for the reason that launch of Killers of the Flower Moon, he has been circling many tasks. Followers puzzled if the Sinatra biopic, a movie centered on Jesus Christ, or the lately introduced The Satan within the White Metropolis can be his subsequent movie. It seems none of these tasks are up subsequent for Scorsese.
Deadline confirmed that Martin Scorsese will direct an untitled crime drama that follows a ruthless Hawaiian crime boss within the Nineteen Sixties and ’70s based mostly on a real-life one that battled encroaching rivals in Hawaii for management of organized crime on the island. The movie is being written by Nick Bilton, a journalist and filmmaker identified for the Max documentary Pretend Well-known. DiCaprio, Blunt, and Johnson are all set to star within the movie and are additionally signed on as govt producers alongside Scorsese, Bilton, Johnson’s enterprise companion Dany Garcia, Lisa Frechette and Rick Yorn.
This marks Scorsese and DiCaprio’s seventh movie collaboration collectively. In the meantime, Blunt and Johnson beforehand starred in 2021’s Jungle Cruise and can subsequent be seen collectively in Smashing Machine, a extremely anticipated film by A24 from director Benny Safdie. Johnson and Blunt reportedly approached DiCaprio and Scorsese. At present, no launch date is ready for the movie, and no phrase on when filming will start, however given everybody’s busy schedule, it’ll seemingly come into focus quickly.
Dwayne Johnson’s Profession Pivot Put up-DCEU
Working with Martin Scorsese is undoubtedly a big pivot for Dwayne Johnson, who appears to be rethinking his profession. For a lot of the 2010s, the actor had cultivated a particular star picture because the stoic hero with a little bit of a enjoyable aspect for quips who by no means appeared to lose a combat. Whereas that was helpful at first with field workplace hits like Quick 5, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, and Ache and Achieve, because the years went on, audiences began to develop uninterested in him seemingly doing the identical routine in each movie. Black Adam‘s failure to kickstart a brand new period for the DCEU, the broadly criticized Crimson Discover, and the current field workplace bomb of Crimson One seemingly have Johnson taking a look at his profession slightly in a different way.
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Whereas Johnson nonetheless seems to be making franchise movies just like the live-action Moana and a brand new Jumanji film, he’s additionally increasing the pool of administrators he’s working with. Many are enthusiastic about his upcoming position in Smashing Machine and for Johnson to work with a director like Benny Safdie, who might push him out of his consolation zone and presumably reinvent his picture the identical manner Uncut Gems did for Adam Sandler. Working with Martin Scorsese offers Johnson a brand new stage of credibility. Scorsese will hopefully problem Johnson and will get the very best efficiency of his profession out of him. Johnson’s status has taken successful lately, however now the prospect of The Rock in a Martin Scorsese film co-starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt will seemingly drive a whole lot of curiosity.