Netflix and Scorsese partner on $175m film
‘The Irishman’ is Netflix’s biggest feature film gamble and the most expensive film of Scorsese’s career
After years of whispers and rumours and a decade-long attempt to bring it to screen, Martin Scorsese’s long awaited Netflix feature debut, The Irishman, will have its premier at the New York Film Festival on September 27. Starring Robert De Niro (in his ninth Scorsese film), Al Pacino (in his first) and Joe Pesci (who was coaxed out of retirement to reunite with Scorsese and De Niro after turning down the part a reported 50 times), it’s a project that represents Netflix’s biggest feature-film gamble and a risky project for its 76-year-old director.
Scorsese returns to his native New York with the story of the assassination of legendary union leader Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino) who disappeared in 1975 and was declared dead in 1982. The expectations for the film have been high since the release of on-set footage, a teaser trailer and now an extended trailer earlier in 2019, which gives some indication of the look and feel of the film and the use of expensive and nervously awaited ageing...
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