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Heat will be his next movie.The director discussed the follow-up while speaking onstage at Deadline’s Contenders London event on Sunday (October 8), where he confirmed it will be his next movie after Ferrari starring Adam Driver.Asked if the sequel, based on the follow-up novel released last year, will be his next project, Mann said: “Yes. Meg Gardiner and myself wrote the novel Heat 2, which came out right when we were shooting Ferrari. It did very well.

EXCLUSIVE: Speaking onstage at our Contenders London event over the weekend, Ferrari director Michael Mann confirmed that Heat 2 is set to be his next movie.

Martin Scorsese has encouraged young filmmakers to “reinvent” cinema with technology, emphasising the difference between film experiences and “content”.The director discussed the future of cinema during a Screen Talk with host Edgar Wright on Saturday (October 7) at the BFI’s London Film Festival. The talk encompassed Scorsese’s entire career, from his 1974 breakthrough film Mean Streets to his latest collaboration with Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers Of The Flower Moon.When asked about his views on the film industry today, after having frequently denounced franchise films like Marvel in the past, Scorsese said its up to filmmakers and audiences to decide what the future of cinema will be.“I didn’t want to be the last line of defence,” Scorsese joked. “I honestly think it’s thrown back now on all of you.

“We’re very proud of this movie,” Julie O’Keefe, Osage clothing consultant on Killers of the Flower Moon, said of the response to Martin Scorsese’s latest feature from the Native American community.

Martin Scorcese has featured again on his daughter Francesca’s TikTok account, this time revealing the exact moment he realised The King Of Comedy was deemed unsuccessful.READ MORE: Martin Scorsese almost quit Hollywood after ‘Gangs Of New York’The TikTok video shows Scorcese trying to guess various Gen-Z slang. When quizzed on the phrase “slept on” his daughter helped him out by using it in a sentence, saying, “The King Of Comedy was slept on.”She was referring to the 1982 movie starring Robert De Niro, in which a sociopathic stand-up comedian carries out a series of disturbing acts to try and achieve fame and success.Scorcese agreed with his daughter and said, “People hated it when it came out.”Despite a generally positive reception from critics, the movie made a significant loss at the box office, making just $2.5million from a budget of almost $20million.However it was not a wholly unsuccessful venture, as Scorcese did receive a nomination for the BAFTA award for Best Direction at the 1984 ceremony, losing out to Bill Forsyth for Local Hero.Having clearly not forgotten the criticism, Scorcese then recalled the precise moment he knew that it was “the flop of the year.” He said, “That’s what it was called on Entertainment Tonight, New Year’s Eve ’83-’84.”Reflecting on making the movie in a previous interview with Vanity Fair from 2015, Scorsese said, “[The King of Comedy] is about a certain aspect of our culture, and also about not taking yourself too seriously, even though I do.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Martin Scorsese participated in a career-spanning video interview for GQ magazine (watch below) and lamented over how many people today resemble his “Taxi Driver” main character, Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro). The lonely and violent Travis is a Vietnam War veteran who befriends a child prostitute as his mental health deteriorates. Some film writers have described Travis as an incel-like character.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Rodrigo Prieto, the Oscar-nominated cinematographer, will be honored with the 2023 Árbol de la Vida – lifetime achievement award at the 13th edition of the GuadaLAjara Film Festival on Nov. 1. Taking place at the Theater at the Ace Hotel in Downtown L.A., the Mexican D.P.

Martin Scorsese has said he almost quit making movies after directing Gangs Of New York.The director, who worked on the movie with lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, locked horns with the 2002 film’s now disgraced producer, Harvey Weinstein, with whom Scorsese wrestled over the length and the budget of the film.“I realised that I couldn’t work if I had to make films that way ever again,” Scorsese told GQ. “If that was the only way that I was able to be allowed to make films, then I’d have to stop. Because the results weren’t satisfying.

Martin Scorsese is doing the press rounds for his forthcoming Killers of the Flower Moon, and during a recent feature article, he was once again quizzed on his opinions about comic book films. 

Robert De Niro has denied reports that he’s reprising his role from Taxi Driver in an upcoming Uber advert.Last week, reports in The Sun claimed the actor was set to play the role of Travis Bickle from the 1976 film in the advert campaign, where he would say the character’s famous line: “You talkin’ to me?”De Niro’s representative has since confirmed he will be appearing in an advert for Uber, but said it wouldn’t be connected to his character in Taxi Driver.“De Niro’s Uber commercial has nothing to do with his Taxi Driver character,” his representative told The Hollywood Reporter.The advert campaign is currently being filmed in London and is expected to be released later this year.Prior to De Niro’s denial, Taxi Driver writer Paul Schrader responded to the reports in a post on Facebook. “Ouch,” he wrote.

Naman Ramachandran Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig and Emerald Fennell are among the filmmakers delivering screen talks at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, alongside Andrew Haigh, Lulu Wang and Kitty Green. Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, is a headline gala at the festival. He will be in conversation with filmmaker Edgar Wright about his body of work.

Robert De Niro has teamed up with Uber for a brand new ad campaign, but he will not be reprising his role as Travis Bickle.

Facebook post on Wednesday. “Why Bob would do this is beyond my reckoning,” he continued.

Writer-director Paul Schrader has reacted to a report that Robert De Niro will reprise his iconic Taxi Driver role of Travis Bickle for an Uber commercial being filmed this week in London.

Michaela Zee “Taxi Driver” screenwriter Paul Schrader has expressed his disapproval of Robert De Niro reprising his role as Travis Bickle in an Uber ad campaign. “Ouch. Why Bob would do this is beyond my reckoning,” Schrader wrote on Facebook on Wednesday evening.

Is nothing sacred anymore? The New York Post reports (via The Sun) that Robert De Niro will reprise his iconic role from Martin Scorsese‘s “Taxi Driver” in an upcoming ad campaign for Uber. The ad will feature the 80-year-old actor as the troubled cabbie Travis Bickle, saying several of the character’s catchphrases from the 1976 Palme d’Or-winning film.

A second woman has come forward to sue celebrity hotspot Nobu Malibu over alleged sexual harassment and other actions by managers and customers.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Woodstock Film Festival has added Tony Goldwyn’s comedy drama “Ezra,” starring Bobby Cannavale and Robert De Niro to its 2023 lineup.In the film, which made its world premiere earlier this month at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival, Cannavale stars as Max, a stand up comic who after recently blowing up his career and marriage is living with his father Stan (De Niro).

Leonardo DiCaprio says that he and his colleagues in Hollywood “need to do more” regarding telling Native American stories.DiCaprio appears in new Martin Scorsese western crime drama Killers Of The Flower Moon, which follows the FBI investigation into a series of Oklahoma murders in the Osage Nation.Speaking to Vogue alongside co-star Lily Gladstone, the actor spoke of the work that still needs to be done around white America’s portrayal of native peoples on screen.“Hollywood has a long history and chequered past in its depiction of Native American people,” he said.“We need to do more. You know, we are coming towards a great reckoning of our past.

Leonardo DiCaprio was recast in “Killers of the Flower Moon”.