Paramount to distribute
Jul 14, 2014 15:49:27 GMT -5
Post by will on Jul 14, 2014 15:49:27 GMT -5
Some good news:
www.deadline.com/2014/07/paramount-martin-scorsese-silence/
www.thewrap.com/paramount-nearing-deal-to-distribute-martin-scorseses-religious-drama-silence/
Paramount Pictures is in talks to acquire U.S. distribution rights to Silence, and the tentative plan is to release the film November 2015, right in that holiday corridor where awards-bait pictures dwell. Silence is one of those pictures on Scorsese’s bucket list, an adaptation of the Shusako Endo novel that Scorsese has longed to make for more than a decade. The project finally came together when Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films principals Randall Emmett and George Furla committed the production financing, with Corsan Entertainment co-financing. Shooting will get underway in Taiwan. The film takes place in the 17th century, where two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and to spread Christianity. The script is by Scorsese’s Gangs Of New York scribe Jay Cocks, and the filmmaker has pulled together a cast including Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield, Ken Watanabe and Adam Driver.
Emmett and Furla are producing with Emma Tillinger Koskoff and Irwin Winkler. Paramount seems a logical landing place for Silence. While Red Granite funded The Wolf Of Wall Street, Paramount released the film, which was nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture. The studio also distributed Shutter Island and Hugo. Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions is Paramount-based and the filmmaker has a strong relationship with Brad Grey, a producer on The Departed who didn’t get a Best Picture Oscar because Grey took the top Paramount job.
Emmett and Furla are producing with Emma Tillinger Koskoff and Irwin Winkler. Paramount seems a logical landing place for Silence. While Red Granite funded The Wolf Of Wall Street, Paramount released the film, which was nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture. The studio also distributed Shutter Island and Hugo. Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions is Paramount-based and the filmmaker has a strong relationship with Brad Grey, a producer on The Departed who didn’t get a Best Picture Oscar because Grey took the top Paramount job.
www.deadline.com/2014/07/paramount-martin-scorsese-silence/
Production will start in November, with the film tentatively slated for release approximately one year later. That means “Silence” would hit theaters just in time for the 2015 awards season, though Scorsese famously doesn't rush his films, and Paramount nearly delayed “Wolf of Wall Street” when fears arose that Scorsese wouldn't finish editing the picture in time for its Christmas Day 2013 release.
www.thewrap.com/paramount-nearing-deal-to-distribute-martin-scorseses-religious-drama-silence/