Is Scorsese Joining The Rat Pack?

[devincf]

http://chud.com/articles/articles/14...ACK/Page1.html

[Richard Dickson]

The Aviator?

This sounds like a natural match for Scorsese's sensibilities. And you know the music is gonna be great.

[Mangy]

At one point, wasn't Scorsese in talks to direct Tom Hanks in an adaptation of Nick Tosches' Dino? He's been wanting to tell the story of the Rat Pack for quite some time.

[EdHocken]

Didn't he cover Italians also in Casino?

But this could be interesting seeing how there hasn't been a Rat Pack related movie since that made for cable thing years ago with Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis.

[Fat Elvis]

Nice write-up, sir. Wasn't a Scorsese rat pack bio rumored years ago with Hanks as Deano & Cheadle as Sammy? Also, really want his TR bio to happen. (Leo sounds great. Hard to top Berenger in ROUGH RIDERS tho!)

[Trejo]

I would absolutely love this one to go through (as opposed to the Marley biopic and others mentioned), didn't hurt that I was listening to the Girl from Ipanema on a best of Sinatra cd while reading the article. If anyone could nail this project, it's Scorsese.

I imagine this early in the development they haven't named any potentials for who they'd like in the role hey? I'm racking my brain trying to think of someone who'd be a good fit for the Chairman of the Board

[FilmNerdJamie]

I seem to remember Scorsesse's been trying to make a Dean Martin biopic, correct me if I'm wrong...

[reggie-wanker]

Sinatra as told by Scorcese? I'm there.

[devincf]

DeNiro was a Jew in CASINO.

[EdHocken]

Yeah but Pesci was.

[Greg Clark]

Doesn't Goodfellas technically count as a biopic as well?

[EdHocken]

Well Kundun was after Goodfellas.

[Greg Clark]

Yeah, but it was in between it and Raging Bull. I'm just bein' picky.

[Sharpel007]

Yes, he was trying to make a Dino biopic this was in the period before Gangs of New York I believe.

I think Dean's life and songs for that matter are far more interesting than Frank's but I have always seen it that way.

[User_32]

Originally Posted by EdHocken

Well Kundun was after Goodfellas.

As mentioned above, The Aviator was his most recent biopic.

According To IMDB, Scorsese has a George Harrison biopic in pre-production, along with another project, "Rise of Theodore Roosevelt," that was previously announced. It will be interesting to see which one winds up getting made, since I doubt Scorsese is going to make three biopics in a row. I really hope the Sinatra one wins out though.

[Richard Dickson]

I'm surprised Teddy Roosevelt hasn't gotten the big biopic treatment yet.

[Fat Elvis]

I think the Harrison project is a doc (like No Direction Home), not a bio. <could be wrong!>

[EdHocken]

Originally Posted by Richard Dickson

I'm surprised Teddy Roosevelt hasn't gotten the big biopic treatment yet.

Agreed, although I don't think Di Caprio is the right guy for it just because of size. Although mind you I bet not many people know that TR had a very high reedy voice. Effectively if this was done 30 years ago, Richard Dryfus would've gotten the job.

[Fat Elvis]

Originally Posted by Richard Dickson

I'm surprised Teddy Roosevelt hasn't gotten the big biopic treatment yet.

Rich, check out ROUGH RIDERS.

[EdHocken]

That was of one facet of the guy's life. Dickson is talking the whole deal here.

[Fat Elvis]

Originally Posted by EdHocken

That was of one facet of the guy's life. Dickson is talking the whole deal here.

True. But that's harder to do. How many full presidential bios have we had? Ford's YOUNG LINCOLN focused on his rise (what shaped his character). JFK had PT-109. JEFFERSON IN PARIS. Can't really think of anymore.

[EdHocken]

There was Wilson.....aww who am I kidding.

[Richard Dickson]

The guys on Mount Rushmore, you'd think he'd have gotten something better than Night at the Museum.

[Fat Elvis]

There's NIXON I guess.

[Fat Elvis]

Originally Posted by Richard Dickson

The guys on Mount Rushmore, you'd think he'd have gotten something better than Night at the Museum.

Hey, he kicked ass in WIND AND THE LION!

[Fat Elvis]

I read in an interview, Milius who directed both titles I mentioned, wanted to do a loose trilogy. I don't know what the third film would've been about. A shame didn't come to pass.

[Richard Dickson]

Well, enough about Teddy, on to Frankie.

Who the hell is gonna play him? The Harry Connick window has closed, I think.

[Moltisanti]

When was it open?

[Doug]

1991.

[Moltisanti]

Was he that impressive in LITTLE MAN TATE?

[EdHocken]

Connick's last gasp was Copycat and that was 96, 97. I think.

[JacknifeJohnny]

I think Emile Hirsch would make a great young Sinatra actually.

[Doug]

Actually, if I may derail for a moment, he tore it up in last year's BUG.

[Richard Dickson]

I remember Connick being compared to the young Sinatra (both vocally and in appearance) when he first came on the scene, and I vaguely remember some buzz about him playing Sinatra in a biopic.

Has the Don Knotts window closed?

[Richard Dickson]

What's Piscopo doing these days?

[EdHocken]

Originally Posted by Fat Elvis

I read in an interview, Milius who directed both titles I mentioned, wanted to do a loose trilogy. I don't know what the third film would've been about. A shame didn't come to pass.

Not to derail as what Dickson said but probably the third part would've been his post-presidential life included his excursions into the Amazon and his 1912 run for the presidency.

[Moltisanti]

Connick Jr. is pretty good in that commercial where he brings crawfish to Katrina victims.

[Fat Elvis]

Originally Posted by Moltisanti

When was it open?

Yeah, don't remember watching EXCESS BAGGAGE going 'Hey, there's Sinatra!'.

[Fat Elvis]

Originally Posted by EdHocken

Not to derail as what Dickson said but probably the third part would've been his post-presidential life included his excursions into the Amazon and his 1912 run for the presidency.

I think you're right.

[JacknifeJohnny]

Originally Posted by Moltisanti

Connick Jr. is pretty good in that commercial where he brings crawfish to Katrina victims.

You'd think that they'd just be able to get some out of their sock drawers. Okay, that was fucking awful.

[Doug]

He was labeled a young Sinatra only by virtue of the fact that nobody else under 70 was singing that kind of music in 1990. Now, of course, that scene has exploded and there are at least one or two more guys doing it. Michael Buble for Dino!

[Stormin]

Scorsese has been ignoring us Italian Americans since Goodfellas, instead making movies about white people.

Fucking awesome.

[PVC]

I can't believe there's no mention of DINO in this article.

[Darkwish]

That's a joke right?

[moovyphreak]

It's a shame that Rob Cohen got The Rat Pack made at HBO, because it was a rather awful biopic, but Joe Mantegna as Dino, Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis Jr. and Bobby Slayton as Joey Bishop were spot-on casting choices (not to mention how much they resemble the people they were playing). I always felt the Rat Pack story could be better told as a mini-series.

And while I remember all the rumblings back in the day about the DINO biopic, I certainly can't see Tom Hanks in the role of Dean Martin.

Finally, speaking of the Teddy Roosevelt biopic, here's my casting choice:

Australian character actor Jack Thompson:

[Sonic Boom]

When they shoot in Hoboken, I'm there.

[The Rain Dog]

Pleeeease let this become a reality.

As a huge fan of both director and subject this would kill.