I hope this isn’t about health issues; I really can’t handle that.
I’m pretty sure both films were put on hold so he could work on something else.
Both movies were scheduled to be filmed back-to-back this year, but they’ve been postponed indefinitely.
There’s no casting confirmed for either film, but Andrew Garfield was considering the role in Life of Jesus, while Scorsese was eyeing DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence for the Sinatra biopic.
I really wish he would take on The Wager with Leo. It seems much more intriguing than those other projects.
Robert De Niro de-aged to portray a 33-year-old Jesus, with Joe Pesci as Judas.
That scene of flipping tables at the temple is going to be legendary. They should have hired some protection for that!
Jesus calls the apostles “good fellas” as they assist in the water-into-wine scheme.