Martin Scorsese’s subsequent movie will pack a punch now that Leonardo DiCaprio and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson have been reportedly connected to star in it.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker behind New York Metropolis-set classics like “Taxi Driver” and “Goodfellas” will head to the Aloha State for his subsequent star-studded flick — a mob film set in Hawaii in the course of the Sixties and ’70s.
In keeping with Deadline, Johnson, DiCaprio and Emily Blunt are in discussions for the mission primarily based on a real-life crime boss who tussled with mainland corporations and rival gangs to exert management over the Hawaiian islands.
Vainness Honest journalist and screenwriter Nick Bilton additionally confirmed his involvement on Thursday.
“I’m writing a movie for Martin Scorsese starring this unbelievably incredible cast!” he posted in an Instagram story, together with screenshots of Deadline’s article.
Johnson and Blunt, who beforehand labored collectively on “Jungle Cruise” and can quickly be seen within the UFC fighter biopic “The Smashing Machine,” reportedly teamed as much as current the mission to longtime collaborators Scorsese and DiCaprio. As soon as curiosity was sparked, all of them reached out to Bilton to ask him about writing, Selection reported.
Bilton is the mastermind behind the 2021 HBO documentary “Fake Famous.” He additionally labored as a author on HBO’s scripted sequence “The Idol,” starring Lily-Rose Depp and the Weeknd, and served as producer on the community’s documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.