Comments on: Martin Scorsese To Direct Remake Of James Caan’s ‘The Gambler,’ Leonardo DiCaprio To Star

By: Rovena

Rovena — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:25 +0000

I wish Marty would make Sinatra next. I can’t wait to see Robert De Niro as Dean Martin and Al Pacino as Frank Sinatra.

By: Jessica Holden

Jessica Holden — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:25 +0000

Martin Scorsese’s college film professor and mentor Haig Manoogian (who he dedicated Raging Bull to at the beginning of the end credits) was Armenian. A lot of people don’t know that.

By: hank

hank — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:25 +0000

what happened to \”The Irishman\” AKA \”I Heard You Paint Houses\” with DeNiro, Pacino, Pesci, etc ?

eh, prob wasn\’t the best idea anyway.

By: TheoC

TheoC — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:25 +0000

I don\’t know the movie at all but what a cool poster.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:25 +0000

What happened to DiCaprio\’s \”The Devil in the White City\”?

By: Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:25 +0000

I\’m kinda fanboyish with this film – yes, I realize it\’s not a particularly good film – , I really don\’t like this as a remake even with Marty on the helm. But I\’m curious who will take the role of Burt Young, who was surprisingly awesome in the original. And if this gets the remake of Shinoda\’s brilliant \”Chinmoku\” of the ground, I\’m all for it.

By: buntyhoven

buntyhoven — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:25 +0000

Deadline says DiCaprio attached to star. FUCK YEAH. DiCaprio!

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:25 +0000

If you guys get an interview with Scorsese for the GH doc or Hugo, please ask him the status of:

a) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Restoration – last I heard, they were looking for the middle portion\’s camera negative, and that was during the SI press tour, so hopefully it may premiere at Cannes \’12 a la Red Shoes in \’09. But still curious about status.

b) The British Film History doc in the vein of \”My Voyage To Italy\” and \”Personal Journey Through American Movies.\” I know you guys got a status update about this in \’09: http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2009/05/scorsese-editor-gear-up-for-british.html

But still curious as to when/if we can expect to see that film as well. It\’s been awhile since one of Marty\’s \”film history\” docs came out, exempting Letter To Elia.

Anyhoo, thanks and love the site!

By: The Playlist

The Playlist — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:25 +0000

Just because a project isn\’t mentioned and or a director signs on to DEVELOP a new film doesn\’t means the other films he\’s developing are dead. That said, \”Sinatra\” is the most difficult ones because a script has to be approved and massaged and there\’s a \”LEGACY\” and REPUTATION to uphold. If it\’s too warts and all, the estate won\’t approve. If it\’s too sanitized the director will bail. So that\’s probably a very intricate song and dance and if it happens, I bet it will be a few years off.

I do think I Heard You Paint Houses will happen, because all those players DeNiro/Scoreses/Pacino want to team-up, but I hope they improve the script, because i put it down after 20 pages — it felt so routinely Goodfellas-esque that it felt completely unimaginative and uninspired.