Martin Scorsese‘s “The Irishman” isn’t slotted as a 2018 movie – the official byline says 2019 – but it’s already skyrocketed to the top of most cinephiles “most anticipated” films lists for this year. Film nerds like us want it that bad and hope that Netflix will push for a December 2018 Awards season bow. But the movie is a deceptively complex one which may arrive later than we think.
Another gangster movie, “The Irishman” is a reunion for Scorsese and Robert De Niro, one of the great actor/director partnerships in cinematic history, and they haven’t made a film together since 1995’s “Casino.” If that isn’t enough to whet your appetites, Harvey Keitel, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci are part of the cast as well. But it’s a film that took forever to come to fruition, mainly because of its exorbitant, +$100 million price tag. No one would foot that bill until Netflix, flush with cash and looking for a prestige picture to boast, would. Why such a high cost for a gangster movie? Scorsese and a tech team have “de-aged” some of the actors for a significant portion of the film.
“The Irishman” wouldn’t be the first digital de-aging that has occurred in cinema. David Fincher’s,”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button“, employed the technology eight years ago and De Niro himself was de-aged very briefly, but noticeably in David O. Russell‘s “Joy” (2015). And of course, most recently, “Blade Runner: 2049” has a crucial revolutionary-looking de-aging shot that is just stunning in its realness. VFX, like all technologies, keep improving by the hour, however, the cost for such an affair is no doubt still incredibly steep.
To that end, according to Deadline—in a piece about STX distributing the film in China (Netflix, which owns the rights to the movie, will host it everywhere else around the globe)—says the already sizable budget is ballooning. The streaming channel had initially given Scorsese a budget of $125 million to make “The Irishman,” a significant portion of which apparently went to the de-aging process, not to mention Scorsese nabbing a $10-$15M payday. However, according to the trade, the budget now seems to be “more in the $140M range (and climbing).” Despite the film being all but wrapped up, and editor Thelma Schoonmaker and Scorsese starting on the post-production, the de-aging effects will still need to be completed and who knows how much time that will take to perfect.
Based on the book “I Heard You Paint Houses” by Charles Brandt, Steve Zaillian (“Gangs Of New York,” “Schindler’s List,” “Moneyball,“ “The Night Of“), wrote the screenplay. “The Irishman” tells the story of Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran — a hitman tied to the Bufalino crime family, who was a high ranking officer in the international brotherhood of Teamsters. Sheeran was linked to a possible plot in the JFK assassination and also claimed, on his deathbed, to have murdered Teamster leader and notorious mobster Jimmy Hoffa.
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Hopefully it will come out in late 2018, then after this Killers of the Flower Moon with Di Caprio.
Take it easy fanboy…why are you so excited about killers of the flower moon? Would you be excited about it if it stars christianbale and directed by James mangold?
None of my business, but this seems like kind of a strange confrontation. Why the fanboy stuff? What’s wrong with a little excitement for another Scorsese film with the theme and story of Flower Moon and with DiCaprio starring? It seemed silly to me your questioning person’s excitement with an example that has no meaning and is rather vapid and shallow. I’m an older guy, but is this what all you young guys mean by trolling? Is that what you’re doing here? Why? What do you care about David’s excitements and why the need to bash him and belittle? I just can’t find any justification to your confrontation as David’s post was rather innocuous so what’s your problem with it? Or is the problem within you? Hmmmm…
Take it easy grandpa…I am just pointing out how shallow his movie knowledge and tastes are…this mor on and people his kind think that their combination would result in a great movie and even if it’s a shallow macho movie with few punchlines and dark grittiness this is the same worthless fan that will make the movie a success and try and justify how other critics are wrong….it is this worthless fan and his kind that made DiCaprio who he is even though he isn’t half as talented as people claim him to be
I’m going to block you after I tell you that you have a real problem, bubba. I feel sorry for you. I hear your fear, big time fear, and pain and suffering with every word that you post on this thread with me and others. The grandpa stuff, the other belittling immature ranting. Only those who suffer from massive insecurity and fear communicate in the manner in which you do. You have a need to belittle others in order to feel bigger than you really are. Inside you seem like a sniveling, frightened little boy. I know my confrontation here will have no effect, but who knows? Maybe that scared little boy inside you will hear these words and cry out for release instead of staying imprisoned within you because you repress him and build walls around him in order to not deal with him and feel the pain. And the fear, braylon. You are really a frightened little boy and a coward who acts tough on the internet and wouldn’t ever, ever talk with another man to his face like you do here. Wake up, man. You’re living a horrible life suffering and attempting to make others suffer along with you. They don’t. They just see a pitiful guy out of touch with himself and a very, very scared and cowardly man child.
GREAT post, and right on the money.
You should see some of his other comments in connection to the article on Clint Eastwood & political correctness. He is calling people “brownie.” So not only is he insecure, vile, and hateful, he’s also a racist! What a winner. Here it is:
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Thanks for your reply and recognition. I appreciate it. I just feel sorry for this poor guy as he’s totally clueless about himself and has no self awareness at all. Like I told him, his anger and monumental hatred is simply covering the fear he’s too much of a coward to face…let along feel. It’s so obvious how much he’s suffering and how sick he is from reading his posts that are really quite deranged and have no validity. I’ve blocked him and wish not to expose myself to his toxic rants. Life is too short and the internet has given sick guys like this opportunity to vent their toxic waste on others. The good thing is the ‘block’ ability and the delete button. Powerful tools against this kind of unfortunate madness. Cheers…and peace to you.
Hear, hear. All the same to you, and best of luck out there.
Thank you, Sir! Yea, best to ignore toxic people and decline giving them but only the minimal of attention before removing them from one’s life. Later gator. Good exchanging healthy and intelligent communications with you.
yes i am a winner you illiterate f
Racist.
“Would you be excited about it if it stars christian bale and directed by James mangold?” NOPE. Not even in the slightest.
Lol you think I give a shit if you aren’t excited? You basement dwelling tasteless cu nt….. you are the kind of fanboy who thinks shutter island is a masterpiece and don’t even care to watch other better movies with lesser known actors just because this movie stars Leo and directed by Scorsese…you know why scorers didn’t win Oscar till 2005? Because his movies are only loved by mor ons like you and fanboys… you know why DiCaprio had to beg Oscar voters to give him Oscar by telling how hard it was to shoot revenant over and over and over again and not let his performance do the talking? Because he isn’t the best actor that year..Leo is just an overrated actor who uses his star power and bankability to force top directors to work with him…guess why Quentin Tarantino cast Leo in mansion movie? Because he needed 100 million for a period drama and wouldn’t get the funding unless he cast a bankable Star and not because Leo is a great actor or right for the part…all you care is if the movie he is in is good then his performance must be good…but no little sh it that’s not how it works
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thats all you can do…when you cant beat them…ignore them…losers life…give up
Who hurt you?
What a dick.
Your mom when I was fuckin her
You sound like you’re a particularly dickish high schooler. Don’t worry, your hormones will balance out. Try to focus on who to humiliate at the prom in a couple of months. And before you know it, you’ll be getting your college rejection letters!
You sound like a real asshole. I love that you seem to think you know more than other people with all your crazy behind the scenes “info” about Tarantino and DiCaprio “begging” Oscar voters, hahaha. What a moron, not to mention a hypocrite.
listen to podcast of indie wire..that podcaster hangsout with insiders and she has knowledge of how movies get made and she said why quentin cast leo for charles manson movie..becase he needed 100 million for a period piece …speaking of leo begging oscar voters..how else do you explain all those articles popping up from September 2015 to jan 2016(prime oscar campaign season) about how hard it was to shoot revenant..natural light,eating raw bison liver and leo is way overdue narrative coupled with all the leo fanboys commenting on his every you tube…”ohh poor leo you will get your oscar”..let me get this straight..this is high schoolers pitying a multi millionaire thats he didnt have icing on cake…if its honestly that hard to make the movie..why weren’t all those hardships brought up when the movie was being made..and magically somehow showed up during oscar campaign awards season ? you got be a different kind of dumb or premature to not see the obvious “begging”
Don’t feed the troll.
Discredit them when you can’t win them…nice trick loser
Is the movie even coming out this year? A while ago, everyone seemed to think so, but now they seem to think it’s coming in 2019, and it’s listed on IMDB as a 2019 release, so…
Don’t forget to mention the de-aging in the Marvel films, I think the work in Ant-Man and Guardians 2 did a very convincing job.