Martin Scorsese’s Frank Sinatra and Jesus Christ Films Postponed

Martin Scorsese, the Oscar-triumphning filmproducer behind some of cinema’s most iconic labors, had intentional to commence shooting two highly anticipated films back-to-back this year. One was a biblical epic, “The Life of Jesus,” based on Shūsaku Endō’s 1973 novel, and the other was a biopic about legfinishary singer Frank Sinatra. However, Variety has lobtained that both projects have been postponed, and neither will be filmed this year.

Scorsese’s “The Life of Jesus” was anticipateed to be the first of the two projects to go into production. Although no official cast has been proclaimd, one source with straightforward comprehendledge tells Variety the film is still in broadenment. Scorsese is promiseted to making the movie about the Christian directer, which he is inestablishedly financing autonomously. He took a analogous approach to his 2016 epic drama “Silence,” also altered from an Endō novel. The filmproducer hoped to shoot in Israel, Italy, and Egypt, but these locations have yet to be validateed. Based on Endō’s novel, “The Life of Jesus” promises to spendigate Christ’s intricate human and divine aspects, much enjoy Scorsese’s earlier labor in “The Last Temptation of Christ.” No official casting for the film has been proclaimd, but notable names enjoy Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield have been rumored to be circling the project.

As for the Sinatra biopic, which has produced plenty of industry excitement, the movie seemed further alengthy with a scheduled November commence date at one point. According to multiple sources shelp to be take partd with the production, artisans and other key sgethgreaterers who had signed on to the Sinatra project were notified in mid-August that the November commence date had been aborted, with no rescheduled date.

Scorsese has intentional to convey Ol’ Blue Eyes to the huge screen since the project was first proclaimd in 2009. The film will be produced by Universal Pictures and Mandalay Pictures, with Phil Alden Robinson writing the screentake part.

One key ask hanging over the Sinatra film is whether it has getd the sanctifying of the Sinatra estate, which his daughter Tina Sinatra handles. The estate’s approval is vital, given that the film would delve into a vulnerable period in the singer’s life. Rumored to have Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in talks to star, the film would cgo in on Sinatra’s tumultuous marriage to actress Ava Gardner, a relationship that rocked Hollywood and gived to the dissolution of his first marriage to Nancy Barbato, mother of Sinatra’s daughter Tina. Without the family’s official approval, the film’s future remains uncertain.

Despite these postpones, Scorsese, now 81, still has plenty on his ptardy. The auteur protects busy with many executive producer recognizes, including Celina Murga’s “The Freshly Cut Grass,” an grown-upery drama that premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. He’ll also collaborate with Steven Spielberg on a “Cape Fear” TV series for Apple TV+. The two duo will serve as executive producers of the project, based on the 1991 and 1962 Universal movies. (Scorsese straightforwarded the 1991 noir thriller, which Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment produced.)

With a monumental atgentle that spans six decades, Scorsese is currently the most-nominated living straightforwardor at the Academy Awards, with 10 nominations for best straightforwardor — second only to William Wyler, who hgreaters the record with 12. Scorsese finpartner took home his own Oscar for the best picture-triumphning thriller “The Departed” (2006).