Shutter Island

Could Scorsese do another mafia crime thriller with De Niro?

According to Worst Previews, while he was in Germany to promote his latest thriller Shutter Island, director Martin Scorsese fielded a bunch of off-topic questions, including whether or not he will make another Mafia film in the vein of Goodfellas. Scorsese first exclaimed that he was done with the genre, but then revealed that he ….

DiCaprio to play Viking in Mel Gibson-directed historical action film

Mel Gibson will direct Leonardo DiCaprio in an untitled period drama centering on Viking culture, according to Variety. William Monahan – who wrote The Departed, Body of Lies, and the upcoming Gibson-starring Edge of Darkness – is penning the screenplay, with shooting expected to start in fall of 2010. According to the report, the principals ….

Leonardo DiCaprio suspense thriller Shutter Island to receive graphic novel treatment along with film

According to ICV2, Leonardo DiCaprio’s upcoming thriller Shutter Island will also become a comic book, come 2010. Tokyopop will publish a full-color, 128-page graphic novel adaptation based on the novel by Dennis Lehane. The comic was originally adapted for French publisher Casterman by artist Christian de Metter. Tokyopop’s English translation will hit store shelves on ….

Leonardo DiCaprio to headline online poker film written by Rounders scribes

Paramount has nabbed rights to a pitch from writers Brian Koppelman and David Levien that takes place in the world of Costa Rica-based online casino gambling, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star in the film, and produce under his Appian Way banner, alongside Jennifer Davisson Killoran. The project is in ….

Jackie Earle Haley goes from Rorschach to Freddy Krueger in new Nightmare

That’s right, according to THR’s Risky Business Blog, Jackie Earle Haley is taking over for Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in New Line Cinema’s remake of Wes Craven’s classic A Nightmare on Elm Street. The original film was released in 1984, and featured Krueger is a serial child killer that was murdered by angry parents, ….