Martin Scorsese is about to attempt a third foray into television. His previous two attempts have yielded mixed results; Boardwalk Empire, which he worked on with Terence Winter, turned into one of HBO’s best shows, while his second HBO series Vinyl lasted only one season and was ambitious but problematic. The legendary director is hoping his latest project[…]
Christopher McQuarrie is jumping straight onto another project by signing on to direct The Chameleon for Netflix, an adaptation of Davis Grann‘s 2008 New Yorker feature of the same name, detailing the story of serial impersonator and con man Frédéric Bourdin. It seems the film has become a couples retreat for some; McQuarrie is joined by wife Heather[…]
Universal Pictures announced earlier today that a remake of the classic 1983 crime film, Scarface, will be in theatres August 10, 2018. The remake will follow the basic structure of the original Al Pacino film, but tweak a few details. You won’t be following a Cuban immigrant in Miami, but a Mexican immigrant in Los Angeles. Boardwalk[…]
Julian Casablancas, frontman of American rock band The Strokes, has shared his cover of Velvet Underground 1967 hit “Run Run Run”. The song was revealed today (February 19) and it was recorded for the HBO series Vinyl, created and written by Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese, Rich Cohen, and Terence Winter. The original track appeared on Velvet Underground’s debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico, which was published[…]
As Mick Jagger recently revealed to Esquire magazine, Vinyl, which debuted on HBO this Sunday (February 14), was originally planned to be not just “a movie”, but a Casino-inspired type of movie. Indeed, the singer told the magazine: “It was a movie idea. I went to Marty [Scorsese] and said that I’d like to do something that covers the actual inside of the record business,[…]