Netflix has now nabbed both new Martin Scorsese films
Netflix's library of original content will soon include not one but two original films from one of the all-time greatest directors.
The streaming platform has nabbed the rights to a new documentary by Martin Scorsese about Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue concert tour, Variety reports. The movie will reportedly be titled Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, and Netflix describes it as "part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream."
Scorsese also made a 2005 documentary about Dylan, titled No Direction Home. Like that film, this new one will include interviews with Dylan. There's no set release date, but Variety reports it's rumored the movie could begin streaming in the spring.
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This is Scorsese's second time collaborating with Netflix: his movie The Irishman has been in the works at the streaming platform for years. This crime drama starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Peschi reportedly cost in excess of $140 million, partially because elaborate visual effects are being used to make the stars look decades younger in some scenes, as IndieWire reports. In fact, this extravagant budget is reportedly why Scorsese ended up at Netflix, since Paramount Pictures wasn't willing to spend that much money. The Irishman doesn't yet have an official release date but will reportedly come out this year. It seems poised to be the biggest film ever released by Netflix, and Oscar buzz is already building.
Scorsese also has a third film in development, Killers of the Flower Moon, which will star Leonardo DiCaprio and be produced by Imperative Entertainment. It will reportedly film this summer.
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