Riding high off of the Oscar success of ‘Hugo’, Martin Scorsese might have been inclined to push forward with any of his long in development projects, with the passion project ‘Silence’ chief among them, but according to The Playlist, the temptation to team up with Leonardo DiCaprio again has proven too enticing. Here’s the story…
Well, it looks like Martin Scorsese’s passion project “Silence” — long expected to be his next film — will have to keep waiting, but another film that has been in the works for a while, is now kicked back to life and wil shoot later this year.
Deadline reports that Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio will team up for movie number five, “The Wolf Of Wall Street.” The project first surfaced in 2007, with Scorsese at the helm and “Boardwalk Empire” and “The Sopranos” scribe Terence Winter penning the script, with DiCaprio in the leading role. But a studio tug-of-war for the project between Warner Bros. and Paramount eventually stalled things, but it came back to life in the fall of 2009 when it was revealed Ridley Scott was circling the director’s chair. Then about a year ago, it was reported that the project was back in the hands of Scorsese who was eyeing it for this next movie after “Hugo Cabret.” And now, it is.
Red Granite Pictures picked up the rights last spring, and it’s a pretty cracker jack tale. Based on the memoir by Jordan Belfort and his experiences on the job in the ’80s and ’90s, “The Wolf of Wall Street” centers on a drug/sex/alcohol addicted New York stockbroker who refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. So yeah, that undoubtedly resonates in today’s current economic climate.
No distributor is yet no board, but the rights will likely be up for grabs at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The film will shoot in August. No word on what happened with “Silence,” but we presume it’s on the backburner for now. That picture, a drama centering on 17th century Jesuit priests, is likely much, much harder to finance and maybe scheduling was a concern for the proposed stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Benicio Del Toro and Gael Garcia Bernal (though who knows if they are still attached at this point). But as far as runner-up prizes go, we’re not complaining.
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Count me in for this one…
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
There hasn’t been a collaboration between these two that I haven’t liked yet, so this definitely sounds good.
Kevin(Quote) (Reply)
Pretty much…
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
Oh wow, DiCaprio as a drug/sex/alcohol addicted character? I most definitely gonna have to see this. This man needs an Oscar soon!
gerronk(Quote) (Reply)
I’m sure he’ll have one at some point…
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
This may be great. I’m not a huge fan of any of their other collaborations, but this one sounds like it’s much more suited to DiCaprio’s abilities. For one, he won’t need to do an accent. And the timeliness of the subject matter will help. A little sad that this puts ‘Silence’ off again. I would love to see that particular cast in that movie. Guess I’ll have to wait. Though it’s time I think Scorsese found a different muse…
sc627(Quote) (Reply)
I think Silence will happen at some point, so fear not…
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)