A few months ago, I reported that Martin Scorsese’s “The Life of Jesus” and “Sinatra” had been delayed. A few days later, Variety’s Clayton Davis added that both films were supposed to be shot this year but have now been postponed indefinitely.
Some have speculated that ‘Sinatra’ was nixed due to the late singer’s family estate not giving the greenlight for Scorsese to shoot the biopic. Meanwhile, I heard that “The Life of Jesus” kept having script revisions, but will eventually get shot in the near future, with Andrew Garfield attached to star.
I’ve been saying this for a few months now, but I believe that Scorsese’s next feature will not be either of those, but rather his adaptation of Marilynne Robinson’s “Home.” He’s now hinting further at that direction in an interview with AP.
[“Life of Jesus”] is an option but I’m still working on it. There’s a very strong possibility of me doing a film version of Marilynne Robinson’s “Home,” and that’s a scheduling issue.
Scorsese has been working on “Home” for around two years now. Todd Field and Kent Jones are said to be working on Robinson’s other two novels in the trilogy. Here’s the synopsis:
The Reverend Boughton’s hell-raising son, Jack, has come home after twenty years away. Artful and devious in his youth, now an alcoholic carrying two decades worth of secrets, he is perpetually at odds with his traditionalist father, though he remains his most beloved child. As Jack tries to make peace with his father, he begins to forge an intense bond with his sister Glory, herself returning home with a broken heart and turbulent past.
Scorsese goes on to state that he’d like to make a documentary about the stories from “my mother and father from the past, and how they grew up. Stories about immigrants which tied into my trip to Sicily”.
The iconic filmmaker does admit that “there’s been a long period after “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which was shot in 2021, and that he’s not getting any younger:
Even though I don’t like getting up early, I’d like to shoot a movie right now. Time is going. I’ll be 82. Gotta go […] You’re guided by: Is it worth doing at this late stage in your life? Can you make it through? Is it worth your time? Because now, the most valuable thing aside from people I love, my family, is time. That’s all there is.
Scorsese is getting restless. He wants to be on a movie set again. Don’t be surprised if he shoots “Home” next year.