Martin Scorsese Developing Leonard Bernstein Biopic

Next year, we'll finally see Martin Scorsese's passion project "Silence," but as per usual, the ever busy director has more than a handful of irons in the fire. And Paramount Pictures is getting behind the director, signing a deal with him through 2019, that if all goes well, will see a number of long developing movies finally realized.

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THR reports that among the Paramount slate is "The Irishman," which Robert De Niro recently said will reunite him with the filmmaker next year. As you'll recall, it's a the Steve Zaillian ("Gangs Of New York," "Schindler's List," "Moneyball") penned movie, adapted from the book "I Heard You Paint Houses" by Charles Brandt, that tells the true story of Frank Sheeran, a WWII veteran who led a colorful life as a high ranking officer in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters while also...