Untitled Scorsese Hawaii Crime Drama

[Hedrox]

Just want to point out for those who didn't read the article that this has yet to even be written, let alone go into production.

To be written by Nick Bilton, the film focuses on a turbulent time on the island paradise when an aspiring mob boss battled rival crime factions to wrest control of the underworld of the Hawaiian islands. It was a bloody battle, the kind of terrain Scorsese covered in both Goodfellas and The Departed. In 1960s and 70s Hawaii, this formidable and charismatic mob boss rises to build the islands’ most powerful criminal empire, waging a brutal war against mainland corporations and rival syndicates while fighting to preserve his ancestral land. It’s based on the untold true story of a man who fought to preserve his homeland through a ruthless quest for absolute power — igniting the last great American mob saga, where the war for cultural survival takes place in the unlikeliest of places: paradise.

Earlier last year Scorsese said “A Life of Jesus” will likely be his next film, with another Apple project “The Wager” already announced. So unless he puts those on hold and this one moves really fast, I don't think it'll happen anytime soon, at least with him directing it.