Two Would-be Scorsese Pictures Have Been Indefinitely Postponed
Martin Scorsese’s ‘JESUS’ movie and ‘FRANK SINATRA’ biopic have been indefinitely postponed.
There was plans to shoot both movies back-to-back this year but that will no longer happen.
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- Scorsese’s “The Life of Jesus” was expected to be the first of the two projects to go into production. Although no official cast has been announced, one source with direct knowledge tells Variety the film is still in development. Scorsese is committed to making the movie about the Christian leader, which he is reportedly financing independently.
- Scorsese has planned to bring Ol’ Blue Eyes to the big screen since the project was first announced in 2009. That iteration was to be produced by Universal Pictures and Mandalay Pictures, with Phil Alden Robinson writing the screenplay. No studio has yet to sign on, although Apple and Sony had been rumored to be circling. According to multiple sources said to be involved with the production, artisans and other key stakeholders who had signed on to the Sinatra project were notified in mid-August that the November start date had been canceled, with no rescheduled date.
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