The Flower Moon feature film will be set in 1920’s Oklahoma and revolve around the murders of a group of people known as the Osage Nation.
or the sixth time, Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese is set to collaborate with Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio in the adaptation of David Grann’s bestselling true-crime thriller Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.
“When I read David Grann’s book, I immediately started seeing it -- the people, the settings, the action -- and I knew that I had to make it into a movie,” Scorsese said as reported by consequenceofsound.net.
The Flower Moon feature film will be set in 1920’s Oklahoma and revolve around the murders of a group of people, known as the Osage Nation, who became rich overnight after oil was discovered under their land, said to be one of the most chilling American conspiracies in history.
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“I’m so excited to be working with [screenwriter] Eric Roth and reuniting with Leo DiCaprio to bring this truly unsettling American story to the screen," added Scorsese.
Dante Ferretti, who is Scorsese’s longtime production designer, told Variety that the director was hoping to begin shooting production next Spring. (acr/kes)
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