Now that Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese have booked their return trip from “Shutter Island” — following a weekend getaway that nabbed $40.2 million — where will the A-list actor and the Oscar-winning director head next? Both men have a bevy of projects in various states of manufacturing for 2010 and beyond.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Following up for DiCaprio is “Inception,” Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi mindbender that is component “Matrix,” part “Memento” and component … nicely, we truly don’t know at this point. Nolan has successfully kept the secrets of “Inception” locked away, whilst at the same time thrusting his film into the coveted category from the year’s most anticipated films. Co-starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page, the movie focuses on an elite team, led by DiCaprio, that’s charged with a mysterious mission. To say any more would be to ruin the fun. “Inception” arrives in theaters on July 16.
From there, we’ll have to wait and see. Final December came word that Leo is set to star in an as-yet-untitled film focused on Vikings and directed by Mel Gibson, which is expected to begin filming in the fall of 2010. But that’s just a single project he’s got within the functions.
In January, Range reported that DiCaprio is attached to star in “The Chancellor Manuscript” as a writer whose novel about political blackmail turns out to become a lot more real than he ever imagined. He’s also eyeing a starring role in Ridley Scott’s adaptation of “Brave New World.” And then there’s the possible re-teaming of DiCaprio with Scorsese for a biopic of Frank Sinatra with Leo starring as Ol’ Blue Eyes. Which of these projects he takes up following remains an open question.
Martin Scorsese
The following Scorsese project audiences will catch right after “Shutter Island” will probably be on the little screen: He’s executive-producing HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and directed the pilot episode. Starring Steve Buscemi and Michael Stuhlbarg (“A Severe Man”), the series tells the story from the Prohibition-era rise of Atlantic City. Scorsese’s also bringing a documentary about George Harrison from the Beatles to British TV, though the doc may eventually see a theatrical release in the U.S. too.
So when will we see the next made-for-the-big-screen production from Scorsese? There’s no timeline as of yet, but the project appears to be “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” based on the best-selling children’s book about a young orphan in 1930s Paris. Directing “Hugo” will most likely necessitate pushing back the Sinatra biopic, a project announced final Might. Other Scorsese-directed projects within the functions contain “Silence” with Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio del Toro and “The Irishman,” collaboration with Robert De Niro.
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