We don't have to wait too long now to see the latest, much-anticipated reunion between Robert De Niro and director Martin Scorsese, as The Irishman will be on screens this autumn (and just put out new pictures ahead of its New York Film Festival premiere). But it also sounds like they'll be getting back to work together almost straight away, as De Niro is now confirmed by Deadline as in early talks for Scorsese's next film, Killers Of The Flower Moon.
In development for years, Eric Roth's adaptation of David Grann's non-fiction bestseller is set in 1920s Oklahoma and revolves around the Osage Nation, who were the richest people per capita in the world, after oil was discovered under their land and then they were murdered, one by one. As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case and unraveled a chilling conspiracy and one of the most monstrous crimes in American history. Scorsese and his other on-screen muse, Leonardo DiCaprio, officially confirmed they were making the movie last year, and the final elements are falling into place, including a budget and a shoot pencilled in for the middle of next year.
As part of the Osage News's coverage of Scorsese's visit with Chief Standing Bear to talk the cultural necessities in the film this weekend, mention was made of De Niro playing the murderer, Bill Hale. With Paramount's backing, it now looks like the film could be in cinemas by 2021 at the latest.