First Look: DiCaprio in Scorsese's ASHECLIFFE

We are 18 months away from seeing Martin Scorsese's first ever feature film as a Oscar winning director but it's ok to get excited. After all, if you can't get excited for a Scorsese picture then when the hell can ya? The Boston Herald carry our first look at Ashecliffe, set in the 50's and based on Dennis Lehane's crime novel Shutter Island about a U.S. Marshal (Leonardo DiCaprio) who is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.

Can't wait to see what Scorsese has done with DiCaprio this time around. Leo has been growing from the naviety of his acting in Gangs of New York, to a measured performance as Howard Hughes in The Aviator all the way to a truly great cinematic performance in The Departed, cruelly dissed at the Oscars. And just wait until you hear the rest of the cast... Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, Max von Sydow, Jackie Earle Haley, Patricia Clarkson and Elias Kosteas. Ok.. so if you take away Kingsley, they might not be the most recognisable faces on film these days to the average Joe-Smo, but some of the best acting talent today reside right there. This won't be the last time we talk about this film in the run up to next year, that's for sure. source - /film