It was just earlier today when we wondered if Martin Scorsese–as he completes a new short film in isolation–was able to lock in financing for Killers of the Flower Moon as the cost ballooned and Paramount balked at putting up the entire budget, around $180-$200 million. Well, a savior has now arrived.
Apple has come aboard to finance the western, Deadline reports. Scorsese will get the best of both worlds too, as Paramount will also distribute the film theatrically worldwide. Based on the stellar book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann and scripted by Eric Roth, production was set to already be underway in Oklahoma with Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio leading the cast.
Buried in Variety‘s article, they note that DiCaprio was eyeing a few other projects, one of them being Adam McKay’s...
Apple has come aboard to finance the western, Deadline reports. Scorsese will get the best of both worlds too, as Paramount will also distribute the film theatrically worldwide. Based on the stellar book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann and scripted by Eric Roth, production was set to already be underway in Oklahoma with Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio leading the cast.
Buried in Variety‘s article, they note that DiCaprio was eyeing a few other projects, one of them being Adam McKay’s...
- 5/28/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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