According to the American weekly Variety, the renowned director Martin Scorsese will lead the laureate Daniel Day-Lewis in his new movie, titled Silence.
Actor and director had already worked together on LThe Age of Innocence (1993) and Gangs of New York (2002), achieving enormous results. In this opportunity, the veteran filmmaker will also have the presence of Latin Americans Benicio del Toro and Gael García Bernal.
The film will be based on the novel by Shusaku Endo, which is being adapted by the screenwriter Jay cocks. The producers of the project will be the Scorsese and Graham King, who already collaborated with the director in his latest films (The Aviator, Gangs of New York and The Infiltrators). It is awaiting some study of Hollywood be interested in Silence.
The history is a drama starring two Portuguese Jesuits in XNUMXth century Japan, who travel all over the island looking for their teacher, as they go on an evangelical mission. As you progress, you will find that not everything is as easy as you set out to do.
While waiting for the premiere of Shutter Island, who Scorsese just filmed, it is said that the filming of Silence will start at the end of the year, in New Zealand.
Source: Other Cinemas