Venerable filmmakerMartin Scorsesehas locked in his next project at Apple, and he’s bringing alongone of his favorite muses,Leonardo DiCaprio. Theirs has been an extremely successful partnership that will potentially run through the foreseeable future for our collective pleasure and entertainment. The pair’s first collaboration with Apple Original Films,Killers of the Flower Moon, released in 2023, was a critical darling, earning a whopping 10 Academy Award nominations. The film marked Scorsese and DiCaprio’s first film in about a decade, followingThe Wolf of Wall Street, but it seems they’re intent on not leaving that much gap again before their next project.
Since the release ofKOTFM, Scorsese has been scouting for the next projects to sink his teeth into and theGileadnovels byMarilynne Robinsonhave reportedly been in consideration for some time. Scorsese has now come closer to fulfilling his desire to bring theGileadnovels to life as a report via Publishers Weekly states that the Academy Award winner has signed to adaptHome, the second book in the four-part novel series. Scorsese will write, direct and produce the adaptation along with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker,Todd Fields,who is also attached to produce. It isn’t clear if Scorsese will be adapting the entire book in the series, perhaps that will be dependent on the reception for the first one.
TheGileadseries began withMarilynne Robinson’s 2004 novelGilead, which follows aging clergyman John Ames as he chronicles his life in the quiet, titular town in Iowa for his young son. The book won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award, laying the foundation for a celebrated literary series. It was followed byHome(2008),Lila(2014), andJack(2020), each offering a fresh perspective on the original story, much like biblical retellings that illuminate different facets of the same narrative. The premise forHomereads:
“The Reverend Boughton’s hell-raising son, Jack, has come home after twenty years away. Artful and devious in his youth, now an alcoholic carrying two decades' worth of secrets, he is perpetually at odds with his traditionalist father, though he remains his most beloved child. As Jack tries to make peace with his father, he begins to forge an intense bond with his sister Glory, herself returning home with a broken heart and turbulent past.”
What Else Is Martin Scorsese Working On?
The Gilead adaptation joins Scorsese’s ever-expanding slate of upcoming projects. Previously, he was reportedly developing aFrank Sinatrabiopicwith DiCaprio attached to star, along with an adaptation ofA Life of Jesus, based onShūsaku Endō’s book. However, both projects appear to have stalled, with little news since their initial announcements. More recently, Scorsese was said to be working on aHawaiian crime epicfeaturing DiCaprio,Dwayne Johnson, andEmily Blunt. Meanwhile,The Devil in the White City, a long-gestating adaptation plagued by production delays,recently received a promising update, suggesting progress is finally being made. It’s not clear which of these will take precedence on Scorsese’s list but afterKOTFM, anticipation is high for what will markScorsese and DiCaprio’s seventh feature.Stay tuned to Collider for future updates and check outKOTFMavailable to stream on AppleTV+.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Source:Publishers Weekly
