But if his longtime production designer is to be believed, Scorsese is gearing up to shoot two new movies back to back. The book was released on April 18, 2017 by Doubleday. We know that Scorsese is getting ready to start shooting the mob drama The Irishman next month, with an A-list cast that includes Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. April 18, 2017 Killers of the Flower Moon (novel) is released. Killers of the Flower Moon Movie Development Timeline. Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s sparking a major F.B.I. Killers of the Flower Moon plot: what is the new film about? That movie is set up at Netflix, and is one Scorsese has been mulling for years, but the filmmaker also put another project on his development slate recently called Killers of the Flower Moon. The film is based on the true-crime thriller by The Lost City of Z author David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, and takes place in the 1920s, recounting how a string of murders of members of the Osage nation in Oklahoma over oil arose as one of the FBI’s first major homicide investigations. Stay tuned. COLLIDER participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COLLIDER gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. Not yet! We learned this past spring that Scorsese was developing the project with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, but Scorsese takes a long time to develop projects so we didn’t necessarily think it’d be going anywhere soon. March 10, 2016 Imperative Entertainment Wins ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Auction With Bombshell $5M Bid. That movie is set up at Netflix, and is one Scorsese has been mulling for years, but the filmmaker also put another project on his development slate recently called Killers of the Flower Moon. Tahirah Sharif on Filming 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' With Hidden Ghosts Lurking Everywhere, 'No Time to Die': $600 Million Sale to Streaming Explored for Next 007 Movie, 'The Haunting of ...': Haunted House Stories We Want Mike Flanagan to Tackle Next, Taika Waititi Putting His Executive Producer Power Behind Native American Feature 'Frybread Face and Me', Jon Jon Briones on 'Ratched,' Filipino Representation, and Sharon Stone's Surprising Advice. Time magazine listed Killers of the Flower Moon as one of its top ten non-fiction books of 2017. However, speaking with Variety, Scorsese’s production designer Dante Ferretti says the filmmaker hopes to be shooting Flower Moon in the spring of next year, adding that he’s going to Oklahoma to do preliminary location scouting. Set in the 1920s, "Killers of the Flower Moon" tells the true crime story about multiple murders of members of the Osage Indian tribe in Oklahoma that occurred after they found oil on their lands. Ferretti says he’s going to start prepping the film in September because “Scorsese will shoot it immediately after finishing The Irishman.”. ‘Borat 2’: Why That Surprise Cameo Is One of the Film’s Wildest Moments, ‘The Haunting of …’: Haunted House Stories We Want Mike Flanagan to Tackle Next, We Should Talk About the Rudy Giuliani Scene in ‘Borat 2’, Exclusive: ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Reshoots Add Joe Manganiello’s Deathstroke, David Fincher Confirms That ‘Mindhunter’ Is Probably Done. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI is the third non-fiction book by the American journalist David Grann. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro. Directed by Martin Scorsese. While Spielberg is known to line up projects and shoot them extremely quickly, back-to-back, Scorsese’s pace is more leisurely, taking up to a year (or more) in the editing room to fine-tune his latest film. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro. And Scorsese is known to labor in the editing room for a long while, so would he go and shoot Flower Moon before editing The Irishman, or is The Irishman being put together quicker than usual? © 2020 Collider Cryptomedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Or is Ferretti mistaken on the timeline and Flower Moon will shoot after Scorsese completes post-production on The Irishman, sometime later next year? Click the button below and wait for a message from our Facebook bot in Messenger! Is there a trailer or teaser available? April 18, 2017 Killers of the Flower Moon (novel) is released.. October 24, 2018 Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio Officially Attach To ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’. Directed by Martin Scorsese. This is very curious indeed, as The Irishman shoot likely won’t be completed until December or so at the earliest, possibly later. Set in the 1920s, "Killers of the Flower Moon" tells the true crime story about multiple murders of members of the Osage Indian tribe in Oklahoma that occurred after they found oil on their lands. It’s unclear, and this news is far from official, but as an Oklahoma native I’m excited to see this story brought to the screen, so here’s hoping this comes together. investigation involving J. Edgar Hoover. investigation involving J. Edgar Hoover. 'Ready Player One’: First Image Reveals Tye Sheridan's Protagonist and Easter Eggs, ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’: Steve Zahn and Amiah Miller…. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. Killers of the Flower Moon Movie Development Timeline. March 10, 2016 Imperative Entertainment Wins ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Auction With Bombshell $5M Bid. Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s sparking a major F.B.I. It sounds like filmmaker Martin Scorsese may be taking a page out of friend Steven Spielberg’s playbook.