What a downer to think about how Martin Scorsese was very close to having a film come out next year, but alas, that clearly hasn’t materialized as production on his long gestating “Sinatra” was suddenly postponed in the summer.
Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, who shot Scorsese’s “Silence” and “Killers of the Flower Moon,” is telling The Film Stage that his schedule is currently empty because he had set aside dates to shoot “Sinatra” this month.
We were supposed to be filming now; that’s why I couldn’t do other films. [Laughs] So anyway: I’m in the waiting process and hopeful that everything will come together […] I don’t know if I’m supposed to say this, but I think it was published and that was…
It’s come to the point where Prieto might have to prep for a whole other Scorsese project as “Sinatra” seems to be a major question mark at the moment:
It’s common that things push, so I thought “it’s going to push,” but now I don’t know even what it is that we’re doing next. I don’t know, and I prefer not to ask. It’s on a need-to-know basis, but I do know that he wants me to do it.
Unless the standstill on “Sinatra” suddenly lifts, and if you’re a betting man, put down all of your chips on “Home” being Scorsese’s next one. As I had previously reported, his “Life of Jesus” script is not ready at the moment.
“Sinatra” was supposed to star Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence. There’s been no word yet as to why it was suddenly delayed at the last minute. Something tells me it might have to do with the Sinatra estate’s disapproval about the entire project.
For over a decade the Sinatra family has attempted to block Scorsese from making the biopic about Frank, and recent comments by Nancy Sinatra made it sound like they were still not interested. I’m not sure if Scorsese will somehow manage to convince them, but I remain skeptical.