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Netflix is bringing Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci back to the gangster genre with The Irishman, an ambitious drama about real-life alleged mob hitman Frank Sheeran. Given the ...
- Martin Scorsese Hasn’T Made A Gangster Movie Since 2006
- It’S Based on A True Story
- The Whole First Half of The Movie Features De-Aged Actors
- The Script Was Written by An Oscar Winner
- The Shoot Took Five Months
- Netflix Was The only Producer Willing to Fund The Movie
- The Budget Is Enormous
- It’S A Scorsese Reunion
Martin Scorsese is known as the guy who directs mafia movies, but the truth is that he hasn’t made a gangster movie since 2006’s The Departed. Over the past few decades, he’s helmed some of the most iconic and acclaimed gangster movies ever made – Mean Streets, Goodfellas, Gangs of New Yorketc. – but he’s been taking a break from them for a while. ...
While Martin Scorsese’s last gangster movie The Departed was a fictional story inspired by true events, The Irishmanis a direct adaptation of a real guy’s life story. It’s a biopic of Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, who was involved in labor unions and criminal organizations and claimed to be involved in the assassination of Jimmy Hoffa. The film its...
Digital de-aging the latest trend in big-screen blockbusters. The MCU pioneered it by taking years off Michael Douglas and Samuel L. Jackson and now, Scorsese is trying his hand at it. The filmmaker’s long-time editor Thelma Schoonmaker explained the whole thing: “We’re youthifying the actors in the first half of the movie. And then the second half...
Steven Zallian, the writer behind the screenplay for The Irishman, has previously won an Academy Award for writing Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed Holocaust drama Schindler’s List. He also wrote another crime epic for Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York, for which he also received an Oscar nomination. His other work includes writing the Emmy Award-nomi...
A typical movie shoot takes around two months. A really long one will run up to around 100 days. But the shoot for The Irishman took five months, so it’s on the longer end of the spectrum. It will be a huge, sweeping epic that takes place across several decades and tells pretty much the entire life story of its subject Frank Sheeran, reportedly dep...
Despite starring a cast of huge stars like Robert De Niro and Al Pacino and being helmed by a heavyweight like Martin Scorsese, The Irishmanstruggled to find funding, due to the huge budget needed for its CGI. RELATED: Robert De Niro Says Netflix is the Only Way The Irishman Could Get Made According to Robert De Niro, Netflix was the only way to ge...
Typically, crime movies don’t cost too much to produce. The budget for Scarface was $25 million, while the budget for Pulp Fiction was only around $8 million. But due to all the CGI effects needed to de-age the cast to tell the story over a number of time periods, The Irishmanis costing up to $200 million to make. The initial projected budget was $...
The cast of The Irishman stars a bunch of actors who have worked with Martin Scorsese before. Obviously, the director has worked with Robert De Niro on a few occasions, but the whole thing is a Scorsese reunion. Joe Pesci plays Russell Bufalino, having previously given acclaimed performances in Goodfellas, Casino, and Raging Bull. Harvey Keitel fro...
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Dec 2, 2019 · Richard Brody reviews Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, and makes a case for streaming the film at home on Netflix.
Nov 25, 2019 · The Irishman will be released on Netflix on Wednesday, November 27. It's unclear what time the movie will drop, but since Netflix is headquartered on the West Coast, new releases usually come out ...
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Martin Scorsese's next film is the much-anticipated The Irishman – his first film since 2016's Silence, it marks a return to the gangster genre for the Oscar-winning director and a reunion with ...
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Aug 27, 2019 · 30 Images. Netflix will give Martin Scorsese’s “ The Irishman ” a November 1 theatrical release, followed by the Netflix premiere Wednesday, November 27. Anticipation is high for the Oscar ...
Oct 1, 2019 · Netflix reportedly got pretty deep into negotiations with major theater chains, offering to put The Irishman in theaters for 45 days before going on Netflix and giving exhibitors up to 75% of the ...
