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[arnzilla]

www.investorideas.com/CO/WHP/news/2014/09171.asp

Ben Younger (2005's Prime) is writing and directing Bleed for This, which is executive produced by Martin Scorsese. Younger is also producing with Chad A. Verdi, Bruce Cohen,Emma Tillinger Koskoff and Noah Kraft. Michelle Verdi and Joshua Sason are executive producing.

Verdi's business partner, Joshua Sason of Magna Entertainment, is financing Bleed for This, and CAA, which packaged the project, is repping domestic distribution rights with WME.

Verdi stated, "My wife Michelle and I are very happy that we were able to put together such a great team to tell Vinny's story and bring it to the big screen.” Verdi added "This film will put Rhode Island on the map as a destination to make movies at the highest level and create many much needed jobs for the state of RI".

After Bleed for This, the Verdi's will team up with Scorsese and Koskoff again on Silence. Silence stars Andrew Garfield and Liam Neeson. Filming will take place in Taiwan in in February 2015.

Verdi told Investor Ideas "I can't wait to be on set in Taiwan and watch Marty at work. It is a dream come true for Michelle and I".

[foeller]

I don't like that the start date is getting pushed all the time. Also, a start date in February makes the film a bad fit for the Oscar season. I doubt they'd be able to get it done for the December. And the production company did say that they were planning on making the movie an award contender.

[will]

Maybe the delay has to do with cast availability or perhaps weather conditions in Taiwan.

It would be difficult to have the film out next year, even if it started in the next couple of months, but with a February start, it's near impossible. Now we can hope for Cannes 2016.

[sikri06]

That's a bit of a disappointment. It's probably not arriving in theaters before autumn 2016 then.

[arnzilla]

IMDb's Antonia:

The new tentative start date is mid spring of 2015

[sikri06]

The most frustrating part of this is, that it pushes the rest of Marty's schedule back too. Sinatra and The Irishman also gets pushed back when Silence does.

[arnzilla]

www.eluniversal.com.mx/in-english/2014/rodrigo-prieto-scorsese-94789.html

Monday 22 September 2014

Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, an Oscar nominee for his work in "Brokeback Mountain", will travel to the 17th century in Japan under the direction of the renowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese.

Prieto will be in charge of the visual look of "Silence", a movie that starts being filmed in November. This is the second time that he will work with Scorsese after "The Wolf of Wall Street" in 2012.

Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Liam Neeson (Batman Begins) star in this story of two Jesuit priests who face violence and persecution when they travel to the Land of the Rising Sun to locate their mentor and to spread the gospel.

Prieto, a graduate of the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (Film Training Center), was the director of photography in the movie "Amores perros".

[nas78]

Filming starts the last week of January...Marty speaking...
blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/watch-how-martin-scorsese-juggles-projects-like-the-50-year-argument-20140923

[will]

Thanks, Nas
Here's a happy comic-con:

[will]

BREAKING: In a move that caps a two decade quest for Martin Scorsese, funding is now locked for his adaptation of the Shusaku Endo novel Silence. Fábrica de Cine and SharpSword Films have joined the producing roster and they will fully finance the picture that will star Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Tadanobu Asano. The film, which follows 17th Century Portuguese Jesuits who face intense persecution during their mission to spread their faith in isolated Japan, will begin production January 30 in Taiwan.

Fábrica de Cine and SharpSword Films were part of the consortium of investors when Emmett/Furla/Oasis got the film up and running again two Cannes festivals ago. Fábrica de Cine and SharpSword Films upped their stake to fund the entire movie, and they will now manage the production under a joint entity, FM Films, LLC. Gastón Pavlovich will produce with executive producers Dale Brown, Matthew Malek and Tyler Zacharia. Scorsese and Emma Tillinger Koskoff will also produce, alongside, Randall Emmett, Irwin Winkler and Barbara DeFina. George Furla and Chad Verdi will executive produce.

The main takeaway here is that Scorsese now has full backing for his follow-up to the Oscar-nominated hit The Wolf Of Wall Street, in his longest gestating project since Gangs Of New York. Said Scorsese: “I’ve wanted to make Silence for almost two decades, and it is finally a reality. It is heartening to have adventurous partners like Fabrica and Sharpsword to work with on this picture.” Paramount will release domestically in 2016 with foreign markets distribution spearheaded by AI Films/IM Global.

“Fábrica de Cine is pleased to be involved in producing and financing a project of such high caliber, and directed by someone we so greatly respect,” said Gastón Pavlovich, head of Fábrica de Cine. Fábrica de Cine co-produced and co-financed the Tom Hanks drama, A Hologram For The King, which wrapped last May, and the company is producing the Richard Gere-starrer Oppenheimer Strategies, which shoots next month. The Dale Brown-based SharpSword Films just participated in funding The Ticket, which wrapped last August with Dan Stevens, Malin Akerman and Oliver Platt starring.

deadline.com/2015/01/martin-scorsese-silence-1201355913/

So, it starts!

[arnzilla]

Thanks, will. From the press release:

SILENCE began pre-production in November, and is scheduled to begin principal photography in Taiwan on January 30, 2015.

[...]

SILENCE will be domestically distributed by Paramount with foreign markets distributed by AI Films/IM Global, the film is slated for a 2016 release.

[sikri06]

It has finally begun. What's also interesting is the domestic release in 2016. I really hope it is an early 2016 release and they stay away from awards season then. Not because I don't think it will be worthy, but because a late 2016 release means we'll have to wait for it longer and because I doubt the academy will take it to heart anyway.

If I were Paramount I would take it to Cannes and then give it a June or July release. If marketed correctly it could reach a wide audience and be quite a hit with the religious conservatives in the midwest and the south. American Sniper has once again demonstrated, as Passion of the Christ, Heaven is for Real and recently Unbroken has also shown, that there is an underserved demographic of christian conservatives. American Sniper was a total surprise, because

Unbroken is also an example that a story doesn't have to be taken directly from the bible to appeal to this crowd. As long as christian faith is the center of the film they'll love it. If they get the message that Silence is about christians suffering for their faith it could be a surprise hit. If Paramount wants the maximum profit of this, they should skip festivals and release it around Easter. Films like Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel has shown this year, that Oscar-consideration isn't out of the question just because a film isn't released between October and December. But as stated earlier Silence isn't exactly what the academy typically likes anyway.

[FilmFan]

I doubt that there will be any early release in 2016. This is most assuredly going to be a heavy awards run November/December release. SILENCE isn't some movie that can be heavily marketed as a fun genre affair like SHUTTER ISLAND was. SILENCE also doesn't have the benefit of a genuine movie star in Leonardo DiCaprio helping to sell the picture. Dependant on how the marketing goes they'll either push or hide the film's only genuine star - Liam Neeson whose role is smaller & most likely all in the 3rd act - leaving the film with the "failed Spider-man" (Andrew Garfield) & "That Dude from Girls & the new Star Wars" (Adam Driver) to sell it. Nah, Paramount - who fought to keep Scorsese around because he's a legend - are going to want to sell this on Martin Scorsese's name. I would not be surprised if a good deal of the selling of the picture revolves around this being "MARTIN SCORSESE'S 20 YEAR PASSION PROJECT!" The studios best best to pull a profit is to release it when the prestige pictures get releases & hope Oscar nominations & what not can give it a push financially.

It's also not the kind of religious picture that I see connecting well with Middle America. It's a historical drama about religious persecution. A story where the heroes fail & forsake their religion. This isn't the story of Jesus or some other fable lifted from the Bible for mass appeal. This is a vicious hard R movie about failure.

I'm pretty certain Paramount is aware this is not going to be a moneymaker - hence why it took so long to secure funding cause if Paramount believed there was profit to be made here this would've been shooting ages ago - & they're probably doing the film to appease Scorsese so they can keep him around for a few more profitable movies down the line - cough THE IRISHMAN cough SINATRA cough. Nah, I'm like 100% certain Paramount is gonna push this as their big Oscar picture of 2016. If Scorsese has waited over 20 years to do this one we can certainly wait another year to see it.

Plus there's always the unexpected possibility that if Scorsese finishes up with SILENCE in early 2016 (like March) & Paramount holds onto it until the end of the year, that means Scorsese could jump into shooting his next movie & have that out in late 2017.

[Zotyto]

Jan 23, 2015 15:48:40 GMT -5 FilmFan said:

This is most assuredly going to be a heavy awards run November/December release.

I agree, it will probably be released in November/December. This kind of movie needs awards and nominations to appeal to a greater audience.

[sikri06]

Jan 23, 2015 16:48:20 GMT -5 Zotyto said:

Jan 23, 2015 15:48:40 GMT -5 FilmFan said:

This is most assuredly going to be a heavy awards run November/December release.

I agree, it will probably be released in November/December. This kind of movie needs awards and nominations to appeal to a greater audience.

The problem is that it will face an uphill battle for Oscar consideration. Cannes is a much better possibility. The other huge problem is that Oscar-campaigns takes an enormous amount of time. It's a full time job for six months for a director. And the result is probably gonna be limited. Liam Neeson probably has a good shot for a supporting actor nod and it could probably get some below the line nods, but overall I think the Oscars would be a waste of precious time. Time Marty could spend on getting ready for The Irishman or Sinatra. But go to Cannes, they love films like Silence. The academy doesn't.