Martin Scorsese is trying to direct a brand new thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Emily Blunt. The movie is described as Goodfellas meets The Departed, however set in Hawaii.
Scorsese and the three aforementioned actors, amongst others, would function the producers of the film, with a script written by Nick Bilton (Netflix’s Largest Heist Ever).
In line with Deadline, “The movie focuses on a turbulent time on the island paradise when an aspiring mob boss battled rival crime factions to wrest management of the underworld of the Hawaiian islands. It was a bloody battle, the type of terrain Scorsese lined in each Goodfellas and The Departed … It’s based mostly on the untold true story of a person who fought to protect his homeland by means of a ruthless quest for absolute energy.”
Johnson and Blunt, who’ve labored collectively on Jungle Cruise and the upcoming movie The Smashing Machine, introduced the thought to Scorsese and DiCaprio. In flip, the 4 of them enlisted Bilton to work on the script.
After all, Scorsese and DiCaprio share a protracted historical past, having labored collectively on Killers of Flower Moon, The Aviator, The Departed, Gangs of New York, and The Wolf of Wall Avenue.
Deadline additional experiences that the pitch has acquired a number of bids from numerous studios. If the film does certainly get made, it is going to be the 82-year-old Scorsese’s first film since 2023’s Killers of the Flower Moon, which was nominated for 10 Oscars on the 2024 Academy Awards (and left with out a single win).