Martin Scorsese is keeping his options open at this stage of his career. With a number of projects simmering already, the legendary filmmaker has added one more possibility; an adaptation of Marilynne Robinson’s novel Home.
Speaking with the AP about another project he’s got in the works, A Life of Jesus with Andrew Garfield and Miles Teller, Scorsese revealed that Robinson’s book Home could be what actually comes first.
“It’s an option, but I’m still working on it,” Scorsese said about A Life of Jesus before adding, “There’s a very strong possibility of me doing a film version of Marilynne Robinson’s ‘Home,’ but that’s a scheduling issue.”
Home is the second book in Robinson’s Gilead series, set in the same Iowa town, and follows the Boughton family, patriarch Rev. Boughton, and his two adult children, Glory and Jack, as they return home after many years away.
As previously mentioned, Scorsese has a lot of options. Those include reteaming with Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wager, plus a Frank Sinatra biopic with DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence.
It’s clear that Scorsese is revving to go as soon as possible on any one of these projects…
“Right now, there’s been a long period after ‘Killers of the Flower Moon.’ Even though I don’t like getting up early, I’d like to shoot a movie right now,” Scorsese remarked. “Time is going. I’ll be 82. Gotta go.”
“You’re guided by: Is it worth doing at this late stage in your life? Can you make it through? Is it worth your time? Because now, the most valuable thing aside from people I love, my family, is time,” Scorsese said. “That’s all there is.”
