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Scorsese Wants Pacino & De Niro For Sinatra Biopic

Kofi Outlaw — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:11:17 +0000

Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island is opening in India (finally), so the acclaimed director has been overseas doing the obligatory promotion and press tour.

The Indian paper The Hindu took the opportunity to question Scorsese about some of his upcoming projects, including the long-gestating Frank Sinatra biopic that we’ve been keeping tabs on for months now.

Scorsese has already made it known that capturing the life of Frank Sinatra on film is a tricky thing. The legendary singer had an…eventful time on Earth: He was born to Italian immigrant parents in Hoboken, New Jersey in the early 1900s; his mother ran an illegal abortion business that got her arrested multiple times; while Frank himself was arrested at an early age for sleeping with a married woman (a crime back then). And ...

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Depp, Clooney and DiCaprio Battling For Sinatra Role

Ross Miller — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:07:12 +0000

Back in May of this year we reported on the fact that Martin Scorsese was going to be taking on the legendary figure of Frank Sinatra in a biopic about the singer, simply titled Sinatra. Along with that news came word that a couple of actors were lined up to play the titular man, in the form of Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Depp was reportedly the studio’s first choice for the role, while DiCaprio’s name was being thrown around as a possibility more than anything, particularly because he’s lead many of Scorsese’s movies over the past few years (The Aviator, The Departed, Gangs of New York).

However, we get news today – thanks to The Guardian (via Cinemablend) that DiCaprio may be more in the running to ...

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Martin Scorsese To Direct Johnny Depp In Sinatra Biopic?

Ross Miller — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:41:43 +0000

I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s baffled that a movie about the life of legendary Rat Pack singer Frank Sinatra hasn’t been made as of yet. Oh, I’m sure there’s been some TV movies (as well as a few stage plays), but I’m talking about a properly done, theatrically released biopic.

Well, the one and only Martin Scorsese is now set to make a movie on the life of the singer, simply titled Sinatra. Universal Pictures has acquired the rights (previously owned by Mandalay Pictures) to the project, as well as the permission of the Sinatra family (which, apparently, isn’t an easy thing to get), to not only make the project but use the actual music (including the voice) of the man himself within it, too.

Scorsese will be producing the movie as ...

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