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THE IRISHMAN: Martin Scorsese’s Epic Crime Opus Lands An Omnious Final Trailer

Martin Scorsese’s new mob epic, The Irishman, is currently on its select theatrical run and will soon stream on Netflix beginning November 27. At the forefront of it all is actor Robert DeNiro, cast in the title role and joined by an ensemble that also has Joe Pesci and Al Pacino shepherding one of the more fascinating tales of the last century, all based on a true story. It’s also running at three-and-a-half hours and has had a stellar festival premiere this year prior to its release. The intriguing and not-so-stellar dialogue driven as of late by Scorsese on Marvel and his perceptions of its impact on cinema notwithstanding, The Irishman still stands to gain something positive from its rollout before long. Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci star in Martin Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN, an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of […]

THE IRISHMAN: Icons Reunite For More Transformative Mobster Cinema In The Official Teaser

Lee B. Golden III

Earlier this week, Film at Lincoln Center announced its opening attraction for its September 27 launch of the 57th New York Film Festival l with Martin Scorsese’s new crime epic, The Irishman. On Wednesday, Netflix, who is rolling out the new star-studded work later this year by the acclaimed director next to a partial theatrical release, unveiled the first official teaser which you can view just above. Based on Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses” and from a script by Steve Zaillian, The Irishman is described as “a richly textured epic of American crime, a dense, complex story told with astonishing fluidity.” Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci star in Martin Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN, an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures […]

Todd Phillips Will Direct A JOKER Movie For Warner Bros; Martin Scorsese Producing

Lee B. Golden III

I don’t know about you, but I enjoyed the overall span of The Hangover Trilogy from War Dogs director Todd Phillips. He’s got a great handle on comedy but I’m a little more fascinated by what he might be able to bring to a more grounded, dark and cerebral narrative… At least that’s what’s being offered with news that a deal is set for Phillips to direct a new Joker movie that will be a lauchpad for a fledgeling, to-be-named WB/DC banner in which it can create projects and expand on DC characters. Phillips is joined by 8 Mile, Stronger and The Fighter scribe Scott Silver in penning the script, and will produce the film with Martin Scorsese. An intriguing part is the setting. The intention is to make a gritty and grounded hard-boiled crime film set in early-’80s Gotham City that isn’t meant to feel like a DC movie as […]

Scorsese's TAXI DRIVER Gets A One-Week 4K Theatrical Run In Toronto Beginning October 7

Lee B. Golden III

Director Martin Scorsese is well on the way to finally see his latest period epic, Silence, hit select theaters starting December 23 before opening wider in January. In the meantime, folks in Toronto will get an opportunity early next month to re-live the acclaimed filmmaker’s 1976 brooding crime drama classic, Taxi Driver. The official website has announced a one-week theatrical run with a 4K presentation starting October 7. Critics Night guest, film journalist and Toronto Film Critics Association president Brian D. Johnson will be on hand to host the October 11th screening at 8:40pm EST. Hallucinatory, mesmerizing and strikingly violent, Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader’s plunge into the twisted psyche of a cab-driving Vietnam vet offers a nightmarish voyage into the seedy underbelly of pre-Giuliani NYC. In perhaps his greatest performance, Robert De Niro brilliantly incarnates the lonely and deeply troubled Travis Bickle, a walking shadow adrift in a […]

Martin Scorsese To Possibly Sit With Yuen Woo-Ping And Donnie Yen To Discuss SEVEN SAMURAI

Lee B. Golden III

I have pretty much lost count as to the amount of films international action star Donnie Yen is racking up on these days. It feels like he is planning on staying as busy as possible for the next two years, laying out more and more movie announcements every week. And although today’s report from Deadline may not count as an official announcement, there is plenty of reason for this to possibly exist somewhere down the line. Mike Fleming Jr. writes: “Right after my Deadline Hollywood colleague Pete Hammond moderated a Weinstein Company panel this morning on Big Eyes, the film that Tim Burton will direct with Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams, I moderated another on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Destiny, a sequel to the 2000 film that won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, and at the time became the biggest grossing foreign language film in America. I was joined […]