Scorsese, Dwayne Johnson Plan Crime Film

A major pitch being shopped around town today will see Martin Scorsese directing a new Hawaii-set crime caper film starring Dwayne Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt.

Nick Bilton is writing the project set in turbulent 1960s & 1970s Hawaii and based on a real figure in what’s dubbed the last great American mob saga which unfolded in paradise.

It follows an aspiring and charismatic mob boss engaged in a brutal and bloody war with rival crime syndicates and mainland corporations to wrest absolute control of the island’s underworld in order to preserve his ancestral land.

All the aforementioned names are attached to produce along with Dany Garcia, Lisa Frechette and Rick Yorn.

“Jungle Cruise” and “The Smashing Machine” stars Blunt and Johnson reportedly brought the idea to Scorsese and DiCaprio who then enlisted Bilton.

Once the project is set up, Bilton will get to work writing with reports being that multiple bids are already either on the table or will be shortly.

Source: Deadline

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