DiCaprio and De Niro had previously worked with Scorsese several times separately. In addition, both actors starred in the short film. “Samples” 2015, where they played the roles of themselves. Now, for the first time, they will work together on the set of the full-length film of the legendary director.
Scorsese’s next film will be an adaptation of the popular science book “The killers of the moon flower” 2017 American journalist David Grann. Events unfolding in the 1920s, and the plot tells about the FBI investigation of the murders in the Indian settlement of the Osageji tribe, where they discovered oil fields.
The start of filming is scheduled for this spring, and the script was written by Eric Roth (“A star is born”, “Forrest Gump”, “Dune”)
