One of the most famous partnerships in cinema history is the bond between
Robert De Niro and
Martin Scorsese. At this time, they have done 8 movies together which include the classics
Taxi Driver,
Goodfellas,
Raging Bull and
Mean Streets. There last team-up was in 1995 with
Casino and ever since then Scorsese has gone with other actors for his films, even finding himself a new muse in
Leonardo DiCaprio. Now comes word that Robert De Niro is pushing to make two more movies with Scorsese so they can round off their partnership with ten movies, the first of which is likely to be
The Winter of Frankie Machine which we last spoke
about in September. The film comes under Scorsese's exclusive deal with Paramount which has seen him now line up
seven movies to potentially direct.
The project is about a mob hitman who gave up the game for a quiet life as the proprietor of a bait shop. When the son of a mob boss asks for his backup to help resolve a dispute with another Mafioso, he agrees, only to find hes been set up for a hit.
The news comes from
Deadline Hollywood Daily through
Rope of Silicon who claim that one of the trades will make the official announcement soon. Can't help but feel the project is a little beneath Scorsese right now but
The Departed showed he could just go out and make a good old fashioned and exciting genre movie, so if he's wanting to work on a fun project again then this sounds as good as any.