With Martin Scorsese’s historical drama “Killers of the Flower Moon” having premiered in Cannes ahead of its opening this Fall in cinemas, the legendary filmmaker is reportedly already looking to his next project once again at Apple Studios.
Author David Grann penned the ‘Flower Moon’ novel upon which Scorsese’s film is based. Grann has been doing promotional interviews for his new book “The Wager” in France, with the work having already shot to the top of the New York Times best-seller list.
Now in a feature piece translated from Telerama (via World of Reel), he reportedly indicates the project will be Scorsese’s next film. News first broke of Apple, Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio teaming up for the film last July.
The non-fiction work is set in the 1740s and begins when a patched-together boat with 30 emaciated men landed on the coast of Brazil. The men claim to be the survivors of a British ship that crashed onto an island in South America’s Patagonia region. Their tales of surviving the seas and elements make them heroes.
Six months later, another and even more dilapidated vessel is found off the coast of Chile. This ship, carrying three survivors, claims the other men were actually mutineers. As accusations fly, the British Admiralty set a special trial to uncover the truth of what exactly happened on the island.
Scorsese has several other films in development – a Jonah Hill-ed Jerry Garcia biopic, a DiCaprio-led Teddy Roosevelt biopic, and his previously teased Jesus film.
