Sacha Baron Cohen may still be stewing over a supporting role in Men in Black 3, but according to Deadline Hollywood he’s already got a part in Martin Scorsese’s latest project. The Oscar winning director has been working on a live action adaptation of the children’s novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, and he plans on bringing Cohen, and Shutter Island co-star Ben Kingsley along for the ride.
After his long awaited Oscar win 3 years ago, Martin Scorsese is back behind the camera in his fourth collaboration with his muse Leonardo DiCaprio with Shutter Island. The film was moved back from its original October 2009 release date, due to various marketing strategies and Leo not being able to do any press tours as he was filming Christopher Nolan’s new film Inception. Is this latest collaboration between the two going to match up to Gangs Of New York, The Aviator and the Oscar-Winning The Departed?
“I do the best I can with every movie I make”, was the answer given by Mr Scorsese after being called the “Greatest Living Director” at the Shutter Island Press Conference in London — pretty modest I would say. Martin Scorsese is and always will be the one of the greatest directors to ever hit the film industry. With his career spanning nearly 50 years, he has made some of the most beloved cinematic masterpieces ever created, this includes Goodfellas, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, finally winning his overdue Best Director Academy Award in 2007 with The Departed, and now he takes on the psychological thriller, Shutter Island.
A boatload of high quality photos have been released in promotion of Martin Scorsese’s latest film, Shutter Island. The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio, and is scheduled to hit theaters on February 19th. Paramount Pictures have released several images from the film that feature both its stars and director in front of and behind the camera. Take a look…
A few weeks ago, we reported on speculation that Oscar winning director Martin Scorsese would helm an adaptation of the children’s book “The Invention of Hugo Cabret“. The news was chalked up as a rumor because Scorsese’s schedule has been packed with so many projects, including his long awaited Frank Sinatra biopic. But according to Variety, the speculation was true and the director will take on the story of Cabret for his next project.
Last night the film and television community paid tribute to director Martin Scorsese for his work that’s spanned almost 40 years. He was honored by frequent collaborators Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio with the Cecil B. DeMille award that was given out after a beautiful tribute montage. Even though Scorsese’s acceptance speech was great, and De Niro and DiCaprio did a decent job of introducing him that tribute video stole the show…
Martin Scorsese is about to help HBO kick it up a notch. The feature film director is bringing his cool skills to our television sets with the network’s new series “Boardwalk Empire.” The teaser trailer for the pilot has just been released and it looks oh so good.
Martin Scorsese has his eye on his next feature film and it doesn’t include a music legend. According to several reports, the director will take on an adaptation of the children’s book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Since the sources are a few European newspapers, the credibility of this update is so-so, but they seem to have a breakdown of how and when the director will take on the story.
A while ago it was announced that director Martin Scorsese would be honored at this year’s Golden Globes with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. According to Comingsoon, the presenters of the award have been announced and their both Scorsese collaborators from the past and present.
