Martin Scorsese is lastly getting in entrance of the digicam to reveal all. The long-lasting auteur shall be on the heart of five-part documentary “Mr. Scorsese,” helmed by “She Got here to Me” filmmaker Rebecca Miller. Billed as a “movie portrait,” the characteristic will embody never-before-seen interviews with Scorsese’s mates, household, and inventive collaborators together with Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, Margot Robbie, and Cate Blanchett. Scorsese’s personal archives may even be displayed onscreen.
“I’m so grateful to have been given the inventive freedom and entry to create a cinematic portrait of one among our biggest residing artists, Martin Scorsese,” director Miller mentioned. “His work and life are so huge and so compelling that the piece developed from one to 5 components over a 5 12 months interval; crafting this documentary alongside my longtime collaborators has been one of many defining experiences of my life as a filmmaker.”
“Mr. Scorsese” was originated with government producers Miller and Damon Cardasis at Spherical Movies (“Maggie’s Plan,” “Saturday Church”), and Cindy Tolan (“Étoile,” “Dandelion”) Miller’s longtime artistic collaborator.
The official synopsis reads: “‘Mr. Scorsese’ is a movie portrait of a person by means of the lens of his work, exploring the various aspects of a visionary who redefined filmmaking, together with his extraordinary profession and distinctive private historical past. With unique, unrestricted entry to Scorsese’s personal archives, the documentary collection is anchored by intensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and never-before-seen interviews. From acclaimed director Rebecca Miller, ‘Mr. Scorsese’ examines how his personal colourful life experiences knowledgeable his inventive imaginative and prescient as every movie he made shocked the world with originality. Beginning along with his New York College scholar movies by means of to the current day, this documentary explores the themes which have fascinated Scorsese and knowledgeable his work all through, together with the place of excellent and evil within the basic nature of humankind.”
Emmy Award-nominated trio Cardasis, Tolan, and Miller (“Arthur Miller: Author”) function government producers alongside Rick Yorn, Christopher Donnelly, and Julie Yorn. Ron Burkle produces and Robert Fernandez and Patrick Walmsley co-executive produce. The collection is introduced by Expanded Media and Spherical Movies in affiliation with LBI Leisure and Moxie Photos.
Scorsese himself has collaborated with Apple for a slew of options, together with “Killers of the Flower Moon” and the beforehand introduced adaptation “The Wager.” Marilynne Robinson’s “House” can be within the works, with Scorsese directing. He additionally shall be government producing Apple TV+ collection “Cape Concern” after helming the 1991 movie model starring De Niro. Scorsese signed a first-look movie and TV cope with the studio in 2020.