The Apple TV+ thrillerKillers of the Flower Moonhas added four brand new cast members to its storied ranks. According to a press release,Tatanka Means(I Know This Much Is True),Michael Abbott Jr.(The Death of Dick Long),Pat Healy(Bad Education) andScott Shepherd(Bridge of Spies) will joinLeonardo DiCaprioin the highly anticipated film.
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Means, Abbott, Healey and Shepherd join previously announced cast members DiCaprio,Robert DeNiro,Lily GladstoneandJesse Plemons. Directed and produced byMartin Scorsese,Killers of the Flower Moonis based on the true story behindDavid Grann’s best-selling novel – a story set in 1920s Oklahoma which focuses on the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage that came to be known as “The Reign of Terror.”
Means will play John Wren. Abbott will play Frank Smith and Healy will play John Burger (both being federal agents who work with Jesse Plemons’ Tom White on the murders). Shepherd will play Bryan Burkhart, the brother of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Ernest Burkhart.
Killers of the Flower Moonhas been adding cast members left and right to its roster. Last week, Deadline reported thatWilliam Belleau(The Twilight Saga: Eclipse),Louis Cancelmi(The Irishman) and Grammy-winning singers/songwritersJason IsbellandSturgill Simpsonhad joined the project. The film is part of an expanded offering of Apple Originals produced by Apple Studios, which includes content such asEmancipation, from directorAntoine Fuquaand starring Academy Award-nomineeWill Smith,The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, from Academy Award-nomineeSamuel L. Jackson,Lessons in Chemistry, starring and executive produced by Academy Award-winnerBrie Larson, andSwan Song, a genre-bending film starringMahershala AliandNaomie Harris.
Killers of the Flower Moon is the Scorsese’s first feature film sinceThe Irishman, and his first with DiCaprio sinceThe Wolf of Wall Street. It seems to be another epic undertaking that the acclaimed director is primed to handle, and one that we should expect to see get recognized at season award shows.
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