Yesterday’s “Napoleon” news came with a nicely added update I received on “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Supposedly, the film is much more ready than “Napoleon.”

Then why doesn’t Apple release the damn thing? They want a contender this year and “Emancipation” isn’t the answer. Supposedly, “Napoleon” isn’t either.

My source thinks it might be because Marty doesn’t want to take on Spielberg. It’s Spielberg’s year, they claim. If that’s the case, then it’s an extremely lame excuse. I don’t think that would stop Apple.

Have Scorsese and Apple purposely decided to withdraw from the Oscar sweepstakes because of Spielberg’s ‘Fabelmans’? ‘Killers’ was all set to have a teaser released in August and then came Scorsese’s call for minor reshoots in NYC, mostly having to do with the film’s coda.

Production on “Killers of the Flower Moon” ended almost 12 months ago. There is no way ‘Killers’ wouldn’t be ready by the end of December in some way shape or form.

If the plan really is to just delay any sort of 2022 unveiling for a Cannes world premiere, then I wouldn’t complain, I’ve always wanted to catch a Scorsese world premiere at Cannes. However, delaying a film this way only brings about more questions about its status and if the film does indeed premiere at Cannes then it would have been a whopping 20 months since shooting wrapped.

For the most part, Scorsese’s films have had a rather lengthy post-production process, but a ‘Killers’ Cannes debut would match his post-production length record:

Shutter Island (20 months), Silence (19 months), The Irishman (18 months), Hugo (15 months), The Age of Innocence (15 months), The Departed (13 months), The Aviator (13 months), Goodfellas (13 months), and Wolf of Wall Street (11 months)