Pikachu Posted February 25, 2019 Posted February 25, 2019 Quote Coming this Fall. #TheIrishman #IHeardYouPaintHouses #MartinScorsese Quote
Mercury33 Posted February 25, 2019 Posted February 25, 2019 So which one of those very Italian men will be playing The Irishman? Quote
TheLeon Posted February 25, 2019 Posted February 25, 2019 51 minutes ago, Mercury33 said: So which one of those very Italian men will be playing The Irishman? It might be like The Greek from The Wire. 1 Quote
Kal-El814 Posted February 25, 2019 Posted February 25, 2019 56 minutes ago, Mercury33 said: So which one of those very Italian men will be playing The Irishman? James Caan. Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 4 hours ago, Bloodporne said: GoodSeniors This sounds like it could be a disaster: Quote You’d think we’d be more excited for Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, a mobster flick starring Al Pacino that reunites the Goodfellas director with Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Bobby Cannavale, and Harvey Keitel. Unfortunately, Scorsese’s story of real-life gangster Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran and labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa has been consumed with reports of its ill-sounding de-aging technology. Scorsese collaborator Thelma Schoonmaker said that the cast will be digitally de-aged (or “youthified”) for half of the entire film, which is apparently resulting in a very expensive endeavor that she repeatedly calls “a risk.” 1 Quote
Bloodporne Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: This sounds like it could be a disaster: Holy crap, that sounds truly silly... Quote
Pikachu Posted February 26, 2019 Author Posted February 26, 2019 Deaging worked pretty well in Guardians 2, but that was only 5 minutes. Half the film is a different beast though. Quote
Reputator Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, Pikachu said: Deaging worked pretty well in Guardians 2, but that was only 5 minutes. Half the film is a different beast though. That was a Marvel film with a Disney budget. This movie will not have that. Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, Reputator said: That was a Marvel film with a Disney budget. This movie will not have that. My understanding is that the film has a $175 million to $200 million budget 1 Quote
johnny Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 If they used the people that do the Marvel de-aging it’ll be fine Quote
TheLeon Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 I remember hearing about that massive budget and thinking "how the hell can an old dudes gangster movie cost that much?" Turns out it's going to be the next Avatar-like CGI-fest. Cool. coolcoolcool Quote
DarkStar189 Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Getting old sucks. Sad to see some of my favorite people age . But this movie will "de-age" them so yay! Quote
Brick Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 Maybe that's why Scorsese chose to put this on Netflix because of the risk with the de-aging. Could end up looking horrible. Quote
Brian Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 This will be the spiritual successor to Righteous Kill 1 Quote
Dre801 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 17 hours ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: This will be the spiritual successor to Righteous Kill That's bad. That film was heartbreakingly disappointing. I had to rewatch "Heat" right after to cope. Quote
Hurdyb1 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 3:29 PM, Mercury33 said: So which one of those very Italian men will be playing The Irishman? Seriously! This must be answered. Quote
Greatoneshere Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 20 minutes ago, Dre801 said: That's bad. That film was heartbreakingly disappointing. I had to rewatch "Heat" right after to cope. Righteous Kill was directed by the guy who directed the abysmal 88 Minutes (which also starred Pacino, but not De Niro). I'm not sure what people expected. Director Jon Avnet isn't Michael Mann or Martin Scorsese. Heat, however, is still downright amazing and looks beautiful on bluray. And while they don't share any scenes, they are both fantastic in The Godfather Part II, of course. Quote
Pikachu Posted February 27, 2019 Author Posted February 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, Hurdyb1 said: Seriously! This must be answered. De Niro is playing Frank Sheeran. It is little strange not to cast someone of Irish descent. Quote
Brick Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 15 minutes ago, Pikachu said: De Niro is playing Frank Sheeran. It is little strange not to cast someone of Irish descent. De Niro actually is of Italian and Irish descent on his father's side. Quote
Pikachu Posted February 27, 2019 Author Posted February 27, 2019 Just now, Brick said: De Niro actually is of Italian and Irish descent on his father's side. Oh I didn't know that. That's a good pick then. Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 Quote Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci star in Martin Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN, an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th Century. Spanning decades, the film chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa, and offers a monumental journey through the hidden corridors of organized crime: its inner workings, rivalries and connections to mainstream politics. Quote
Mercury33 Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 I feel like I should be more excited for this Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Mercury33 said: I feel like I should be more excited for this Significantly over-the-hill/past their primes scenery-chewing actors in an aging director's nearly $200 million vanity project - what could possibly go wrong?!? Quote
Bloodporne Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 Even as a huge Scorsese fan, I think that trailer looked borderline terrible. I'll check it out because I can't help myself but it looks depressing. Quote
skillzdadirecta Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 On 2/27/2019 at 11:06 AM, Brick said: De Niro actually is of Italian and Irish descent on his father's side. It's not even the first time he's playing Irish... his character in Goodfellas was Irish. Also his character in Casino was Jewish. 1 Quote
TheLeon Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 The term “boondoggle” comes to mind whenever I think of this movie. 1 Quote
Bloodporne Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, skillzdadirecta said: It's not even the first time he's playing Irish... his character in Goodfellas was Irish. Also his character in Casino was Jewish. Noodles in Once Upon A Time In America is Jewish as well...along with everyone else in that cast who is not Jewish. Old school directors, which Scorsese belongs to, didn't take that shit all that seriously from what I gather. That went both ways as he had Harvey Keitel and others portray Little Italy Italians despite being Jewish etc. Quote
Dre801 Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 Perhaps DeNiro and Pacino can redeem themselves for "Righteous Kill" with this movie. Quote
skillzdadirecta Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, Dre801 said: Perhaps DeNiro and Pacino can redeem themselves for "Righteous Kill" with this movie. Awww man that was a piece of shit. 1 Quote
Bloodporne Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 17 minutes ago, Dre801 said: Perhaps DeNiro and Pacino can redeem themselves for "Righteous Kill" with this movie. *Actual footage of DeNiro watching a screening of The Irishman **De-aging CGI applied 1 Quote
TwinIon Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 That trailer did not make me excited for the movie, but the de-aging stuff didn't look too bad. It's easy to see why Netflix was the only one he could talk into giving him the money to do this. It would be quite lucky to hit Departed/Wolf of Wall St. numbers and make $132M/$116M domestic. So it seems like it would be a long shot to even break even. I'll definitely give it a watch on Netflix though. Quote
SaysWho? Posted August 7, 2019 Posted August 7, 2019 'The Irishman' to close the London Film Festival Quote
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