Martin Scorsese is in Torino where he will be honored tonight at the Cinema Museum with a career achievement award. Tomorrow he will be the honored guest of a masterclass session.
At today’s press conference in Torino, Scorsese, 81, tackled what’s next for him. It had been previously reported that “Sinatra” and “The Life of Jesus,” which Scorsese planned to shoot this year, had been postponed. This all led to speculation on Scorsese’s health, but the legendary filmmaker says he has no plans of retiring.
I have no intention of retiring. The film about Frank Sinatra is only postponed while the one about Jesus I am working on. I hope God gives me the strength and money to finish them.
Some have speculated that ‘Sinatra’ was postponed due to the late singer’s family estate not giving the greenlight for Scorsese to shoot the biopic. Meanwhile, “The Life of Jesus” keeps having script revisions, and will eventually get shot in the near future, with Andrew Garfield attached to star.
Scorsese is currently shooting an ancient shipwrecks documentary in Italy, which started production last week. He’s also been teasing an adaptation of Marilynne Robinson’s “Home.” Suffice to say, there’s a lot on his plate and he’s clearly not done making cinema.