‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Could Still Come Out This Year

There’s a war of words going on between pundits Erik Anderson and Clayton Davis on Twitter.

The former is saying that there isn’t any firm confirmation that Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” is not a 2022 release, while the latter is sticking by his Variety article that alluded to the fact that the Scorsese epic had been moved to 2023 (Apple and Paramount did not comment).

Last I checked, they were still aiming for a December 2022 release, but giving Scorsese and longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker all the time in the world to finish the film. A teaser is even ready, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets released soon.

This December ‘22 intel was only reinforced when ‘Killers’ was given an official release date of January 26th, 2023 in Italy. This would align well with a US release a month earlier in December.

With that being said, the rumor that Apple was possibly going to push ‘Killers’ to next year isn’t new intel. I wrote about it last May. It’s still a possibility, but with Apple not confirming any of Clayton’s reporting, we’re still being left in the dark. My source — who works for Apple — is the best inside source that we have right now, and they still maintain it’s aiming for December 2022.

Primary filming for “Killers of the Flower Moon” wrapped in October 2021. For the most part, Scorsese’s films have had a rather lengthy post-production process; Shutter Island (20 months), Silence (19 months), The Irishman (18 months), Hugo (15 months), The Age of Innocence (15 months), The Departed (13 months), The Aviator (13 months), Goodfellas (13 months), and Wolf of Wall Street (11 months).

If you don’t count the additional shooting, and “Killers of the Flower Moon” doesn’t follow an awards 2023 path, then it will set a new record for the number of months between wrap and release in a Scorsese film.

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