At the age of 81, Martin Scorsese probably only has a couple more movies left to direct in his storied career. But as Killers of the Flower Moon proves, he’s still got a lot left in the tank. Last summer, Scorsese agreed to reunite with Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wager, an adaptation of another David Grann book. But in a recent IndieWire interview, Scorsese suggests he may need some help on this one.
The film set in the 1740s follows a mutiny on British naval ship the HMS Wager after a shipwreck on a desolate island off the tip of South America.
And since much of the film will be set on the water, Scorsese thinks a co-director may need to be brought aboard to help out…
“First of all, the issue is now that the writer’s strike is over, and because so much is on me to go out there and spread the word about “Killers of the Flower Moon,” let me take a break. And we’ll get working with writers and see if we get it on the page. And maybe it’s something I could co-direct, so to speak. It’ll be difficult. But there are ways now, with certain technical things we could do, to make it bearable. Depending on how we get the script together.”
This is still very early on, as Scorsese also admits in the interview that DiCaprio’s role isn’t even set in stone yet. Until a script is finished, talk of a co-director will have to be tabled. But who would be a good choice? Who would be a director with filmmaking experience on the water who would get the honor of working alongside Scorsese?
