Martin Scorseseis not one to slow down when it comes to movie-making. The cinema icon has been in the business for several decades and has directed a plethora of legendary films, with the likes ofTaxi Driver,GoodFellas, andRaging Bullbeing just a tiny sample size of the incredible work Scorsese has had to offer. However, beyond directing, Scorsese will also lend his talented creative mind to producing, and he’s just boarded a new project in that capacity. According toDeadline, Scorsese is attached as producer to Studiocanal’s feature film adaptation of thePeter Cameronnovel,What Happens at Night.
The adapted screenplay forWhat Happens at Nightwill be getting Oscar-nominated treatment in the form ofPatrick Marber. Marber received his Academy Award nomination for writing the adapted screenplay forNotes on a Scandal, an emotionally charged psychological thriller starringCate BlanchettandDame Judi Dench.Notes on a Scandalmakes Marber the perfect candidate to write the feature adaptation of Cameron’sWhat Happens at Nightnovel. The story follows a married American couple who travel to a snowy European town to adopt a child, in a bid to resurrect their faltering relationship. The couple takes up residence in an eerie, and largely deserted grand hotel. The wife is struggling with cancer, which is harshly affected by the couple’s long journey to claim their child, a task that is both helped and hindered by the characters they encounter; including a flamboyant chanteuse, a depraved businessman, and a charismatic faith healer. The premise forWhat Happens at Nightis brimmed with mystery and intrigue and whichever directed inherits this project will have steady hands to help guide them in the form of writer Marber and producer Scorsese.
The novelWhat Happens at Nightis a popular and well-received piece of literature, having been a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize for Fiction. For Scorsese, the adaptation is one of over a dozen projects to which he is attached in a producing capacity, executive or otherwise. These include his next directorial feature,Killers of the Flower Moon,andBradley Cooper’s next feature filmMaestro‚ a biopic of the American conductorLeonard Bernstein. Scorses already has over 80 producing credits to his name, the majority coming in an executive capacity, and it is this experience, coupled with his prolific directing talent, that has Cameron excited to have both Scorsese and Marber on board for the adaption ofWhat Happens at Night.Cameron told Deadline; “to have Martin Scorsese and Patrick Marber, two artists whose talents amaze me, reimagining and recreatingWhat Happens at Nightis simply as good as it gets.”
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When Is Scorsese’s Next Directing Project Coming to Cinemas?
Scorsese’s directing pace may not be able to keep up with his prolific producing, but his long-awaitedKillers of the Flower MoonstarringLeonardo DiCapriowill premiere at this year’sCannes Film Festivalbefore a limited theatrical release on October 6. The film will then enter wide release on October 20, before heading to its streaming home of Apple TV+ at an unspecified date.
