The report then goes on to say the Paramount deal entered choppy waters when DiCaprio and Scorsese began making changes to the Oscar-winning actor’s role. Originally, DiCaprio was slated to play an agent with the then-nascent FBI sent to investigate the murders now known as the Osage Nation Murders in 1920s Oklahoma. But, changes made now reportedly have DiCaprio taking on a villain (or possibly an antihero) role in the piece as the nephew of co-star Robert DeNiro‘s shady villain character, a man torn between duty to his uncle’s schemes and love. These changes reportedly left Paramount a bit cold, with the studio worrying Killers of the Flower Moon would be “smaller scale” as it re-focused into a moodier character study but with the “same big budget” that would ostensibly be hard to recoup at the box office given the movie’s new tone.

With the project now at Apple and an even bigger budget, it seems those changes will remain intact, with DiCaprio playing the villain nephew to DeNiro’s villain mastermind.

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ayo marty been a nightmare for studio execs these last years, would’ve liked to see the entire murder investigation narrative but always in for a villain leo

Seems like this will be even better than what it was before

Is Devil In The White City still on and is it supposed to be a tv series starring Leo?

This

who the hell knows. it seems like a more intriguing role for leo to be the villain's nephew instead of an FBI agent but its really impossible to know which version would make the better movie. changing the script late in the game like that gives me pause but I trust marty and leo

nah i dont think thats close to being in green lit. from what I Iast heard its still in development limbo

its not rly that late since they're still in pre production

I recall Fincher re wrote the entire 3rd act of Gone Girl during pre production and it was definitely for the better considering people always thought the books ending was awful.

leo as the protagonist

oh the irony

De Niro taking this method acting s*** too far

theintercept.com/2018/01/23/robert-de-niro-barbuda-hotel-hurricane-irma

Earlier this month, with almost no international news coverage and with the majority of Barbudans still displaced from the storm, an amendment to the law in question was quietly pushed through the Senate of Antigua and Barbuda — a body dominated by politicians from the wealthier and more populous island of Antigua. If the amendment stands, a tradition of communal land rights that dates back to the abolition of slavery in 1834 — and which has protected Barbuda as a rare beacon of sustainable development in the Caribbean — will be extinguished.

To summarize:

Robert de Niro is attempting to expropriate land from the locals in Antigua and Barbuda (to be able to build luxurious resorts) in a way akin to how William Hale and other white Americans exploited the Osage people in Oklahoma back in the early 20th century.

Damn first of all this f***ing sucks s***, what the hell DeNiro

Second someone make a spec script of this and send it to Claire Denis, sounds like something she could do a lot with

I caint even pronounce nothin, pass that scorcese

I cosign this 🔥

This is going to be his Searchers.

rumour has it we getting this 'March of 2021'