The renowned director Martin Scorsese plans a biopic of the legendary Frank Sinatrastarring Leonardo Dicaprio and Jennifer Lawrencewho would play the singer’s second wife, actress Ava Gardner, according to Variety.
The project still does not have the approval of the interpreter’s daughter, Tina, who is responsible for controlling her father’s assets.
But the big names appearing in the project are helping to attract interest from studios and exhibitors, including Sony and Apple, which financed Scorsese’s last acclaimed feature, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” worth $215 million. of dollars and that he would love to continue working with the director.
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have been a creative duo for two decades. The legendary director has featured DiCaprio in six films, all acclaimed by critics and audiences.
Scorsese’s next film will be about the life of Jesus
In addition to the biopic of the “My Way” singer, Scorsese is eyeing a film about Jesus, where he would like to reunite with the actor. Andrew Garfieldalthough it is not known exactly if he would play the main role or serve as one of the disciples. There is talk that Milles Teller has also attracted attention to play the Nazarene.
Production on Jesus, which is planned to launch first, is expected to begin later this year and will be filmed in Israel, Italy and Egypt, although filming there is now complicated by the war environment.
Scorsese is seeking to bypass the studio system and independently finance The Life of Jesus, which will be based on the 1973 book by Japanese writer Shusaku Endo.
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