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Leonardo DiCaprio confirms he and Robert De Niro will star in Martin Scorsese's next movie

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Martin Scorsese‘s two favorite leading men are finally coming together in one of his films.

 

Onstage at the 2020 SAG Awards to present the Life Achievement Award to Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio announced that he and The Irishman actor will both be starring in Scorsese’s next project, Killers of the Flower Moon. The casting had been rumored earlier, but this was the first time someone involved with the movie officially confirmed it.

 

De Niro and DiCaprio have both collaborated with Scorsese several times individually, but this marks the first time that both men will star in one of the legendary director’s feature films together (though they both appeared in Scorsese’s 2015 short film The Audition, playing fictionalized versions of themselves).

 

Based on David Grann’s best-selling 2017 nonfiction book, Killers of the Flower Moon tell the story of the 1920s Osage murders, when several Native Americans of the Osage Nation were killed after oil deposits were discovered beneath their Oklahoma land. The murders lead the then-newly formed FBI to the state to investigate. Scorsese’s film is scheduled to begin shooting in Oklahoma this spring, with a screenplay by Eric Roth (A Star Is Born, Forrest Gump).

 

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The two-time Oscar nominee and 2x Golden Globe winner will play Prosecutor Leaward in the Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro film Killers of the Flower Moon which Martin Scorsese is directing. This is the first time that John Lithgow has starred in a Scorsese movie.

 

Set in 1920s Oklahoma, Killers of the Flower Moon based on the David Grann best-seller, depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror. Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Louis Cancelmi, William Belleu, Tatanka Means, Michael Abbott Jr., Pat Healy and Scott Shepherd also star.

 

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I know you’re all aware that Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” was met with ecstatic reactions at Cannes. Its Metascore is 91 and there is the feel that it’s an essential addition to Scorsese’s impressive filmography.

 

Alfonso Cuarón is a major fan. He raved about it to Variety. Here he is in his own words: "It’s an amazing masterpiece […] This is a filmmaker in amazing pure form. He’s fearless about his filmmaking decisions and he’s allowing himself to do it with no safety net."

 

There truly is no safety net for Scorsese in this film. He goes for broke, which is quite astounding when you think about it. He’s 80. Not many other filmmakers would be given the creative freedom to make a movie like this one.

 

If Scorsese went for slower and more contemplative cinema in “Silence” and “The Irishman,” he’s made a very energetic crime film with ‘Killers.’ A semi-flawed one, yes, but, on a moment by moment basis, it’s the best filmmaking I’ve seen this year at Cannes.

 

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Very strong trailer.
Excited to see this on a premium screen.

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In an interview conducted ahead of the SAG-AFTRA strike, the two open up about their collaboration in Martin Scorsese’s epic story in which they play real-life husband and wife Ernest and Mollie Burkhart, a couple living on the Osage Reservation in 1920s Oklahoma amid a tragic time. It’s a rare showing for DiCaprio, who rarely sits for lengthy interviews or covers. He does so this time with Gladstone for writer Afua Hirsch and a shoot by photographer Craig McDean with styling by the mag’s Edward Enninful.

 

“It’s a completely forgotten part of American history, and an open wound that still festers,” DiCaprio says of the story. “Hollywood has a long history and checkered past in its depiction of Native American people. We need to do more. You know, we are coming towards a great reckoning of our past. The more that these stories can be told in a truthful way, the more it can be a healing process.”

 

“We weren’t immersed in the Osage story,” DiCaprio explains of the initial drafts. “There was this tiny, small scene between Mollie and Ernest that provoked such emotion in us at the reading, and we just started to penetrate into what that relationship was, because it was so twisted and bizarre and unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before.”

 

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Have my tickets for Saturday afternoon.

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The novel was a real page turner ... I actually own a copy, rather than just borrowed from the Library. This might be Oscar material. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

 

... it's definitely a man's inhumanity to man story, and it pulls no punches.

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Why are there non-comic book movies being discussed in this forum when all NON comic book movies are banned from this forum?

 

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On 11/19/2023 at 4:03 PM, VintageComics said:

Why are there non-comic book movies being discussed in this forum when all NON comic book movies are banned from this forum?

 

Why are you asking that question? Did it detract from something in your day?

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On 11/19/2023 at 4:04 PM, Bosco685 said:

Why are you asking that question? Did it detract from something in your day?

I'm asking because when I started a thread discussing a movie it was pulled to the Watercooler, Mike made a pinned announcement in response and stated no more NON comic book movies. 

So I'm asking the question as to why non-comic book movies are allowed when he's clearly stated they're not.

Does the truth detract from your day?

 

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