Every director has one big project that never materialized but still serves for interesting thought experiments, from Darren Aronofsky‘s “Batman: Year One,” Stanley Kubrick‘s “Napoleon,” to Guillermo del Toro‘s hundred different passion projects (but really, especially “At the Mountains of Madness“). Despite his very successful career with practically blank check status, there is one film Christopher Nolan has never been able to do, a Howard Hughes Biopic.

Continue reading Christopher Nolan Says His Howard Hughes Biopic Never Got Made Because Of Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Aviator’ at The Playlist.

If you’re a fan of classic filmmakers, the last several years has been startling for a number of reasons. With the influx of huge blockbusters dominating the theatrical business and streaming content becoming the real place to find new, original voices, it’s beginning to feel like legendary directors are finding it increasingly difficult to find support for new films from the studios that used to give greenlights to these filmmakers on a regular basis. A now-classic example of this is the situation with Martin Scorsese and “The Irishman,” where the director had to rely on Netflix to finance and distribute his film.

Continue reading Martin Scorsese Talks Almost Quitting After ‘The Aviator’ & Why He’s Content With Just Watching Clips Of ‘Joker’ at The Playlist.