Everyone, Including Martin Scorsese, Worked For Scale To Get 'Silence' Made; Film Will Be Released By End Of 2016

You might think that a filmmaking legend on the scale of Martin Scorsese wouldn't have any trouble walking into any studio around town and getting a picture financed and made, but that's not the case. At 73 years-old, the titan of American filmmaking still has to prove his projects are fiscally responsible investments, and when it comes to his long gestating dream project "Silence," it's easy to see why some executives might not be ready to hand over their cash. A movie we're (prematurely) predicting to be a contender the 2017 Oscars in the Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor fields, the adaptation of Shüsaku Endō’s novel starring Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, and Adam Driver, is set in the 17th century and follows two 17th-century Jesuit priests who face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and spread the gospel of Christianity. In short, no superheroes, no special effects, no four-quadrant appeal. So how did...