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You start the series by saying something along the lines “I want to write a manifesto” — and in a ways, these are like the chapters of a manifesto: The World According to Fran Lebowitz.Lebowitz: Let me put it to you this way: I was not young 10 years ago. I’m even less young now. And one of the benefits of getting older is, “So you don’t agree with me? Who cares. This is what I think. And also, I’m right.” [Laughs] I’ve really only been wrong once. Unfortunately, it was in 2016 and involved the Presidential election. If you were going to be really, really wrong, that was not the time to be wrong. … [Read more...] about ‘Pretend It’s a City’: Martin Scorsese and Fran Lebowitz on Their Guide to NYC

The Irishman will mark Netflix’s most ambitious theatrical rollout for one of its original productions and the service has been working hard to win over exhibitors in recent months. The film will have a 27-day theatrical window from November 1 in U.S. before it makes its streaming service bow November 27. In the UK, the movie is due to launch on November 8. … [Read more...] about Euro Cinema Chain Vue Won’t Show Martin Scorsese’s Netflix Pic ‘The Irishman’; UK Network Picturehouse Also Says No

Imperative Entertainment partners Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas acquired the project in a stunning $5 million deal back in 2016, before the publication of Grann’s book by Doubleday. Interestingly, Paramount was a runner-up in that auction, bidding for Bad Robot’s JJ Abrams and the late Steve Golin of Anonymous Content, for DiCaprio to star. Abrams’ overall at Paramount has since expired and he is closing a $500 million overall at WarnerMedia for film and television, but Paramount ends up with the property, after all. Friedkin & Thomas are producing with Sikelia Productions’ Scorsese and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, and DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions. … [Read more...] about Paramount Acquires Imperative’s Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio Adaptation ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ – CineEurope

Sources said that an offer is imminent and that, subject to a final budget being approved, they are clearing schedules for a movie that should be in production by the middle of next year. Deadline reported in 2017 that De Niro and DiCaprio constituted Scorsese’s dream cast for the film. Now it’s moving toward happening, and that would be two in a row for the duo whose classic collaborations include Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver and Casino, but who haven’t made a movie together in nearly 25 years. In a meeting with Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear of the Osage Nation this past weekend, Scorsese said De Niro would be playing the serial killer William Hale, the Osage News reported. … [Read more...] about Robert De Niro Negotiating To Re-Team With Martin Scorsese & Leonardo DiCaprio In ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’

EXCLUSIVE: The book was snatched last year after a bidding war for $5 million by Imperative Entertainment and now the Eric Roth feature film adaptation of David Grann’s book Killers Of The Flower Moon: The Osage Murders And The Birth Of The FBI may end up with another few good men. We hear that Imperative is working right now to put together some A-listers for the big screen; first choices happen to be Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, and we hear the three are seriously considering it. Imperative partners Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas are producing. … [Read more...] about Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio & Robert De Niro Eyeing ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ From Eric Roth Adaptation