Scorsese's The Irishman

[scarlet-witch]

Award season release makes sense. I really hope they give us a teaser or something soon.

 

[jmc]

It’ll be weird to have Pacino look young but have his older voice which is completely different from how he sounded in his early roles like the first two Godfathers.

I thought Michael Douglas sounded fine as his young self in Ant Man

 

[Doctor Jones]

I suppose it's taken so long to release footage is because of the de-aging. This is a riskier one because everybody knows young Pacino and DeNiro. Also because this is still a long ways off.

 

[jmc]

The thing about this technology is that it's really only been used sparingly in most movies so far, maybe 2-3 minutes maximum. If Scorsese pulls this off where over half of the movie is a flashback to the actors at a younger age it's a potential game changer. It would literally extend actors careers.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Yeah that makes sense. I'm just hoping this movie is good when all is said and done because Netflix has been kind of hit and miss with their more high profile releases lately. They need to take as much time as possible to perfect that de-aging process and I'm all for it.

 

[redfirebird2008]

Netflix is spending something like $8B on content this year alone, everything from this film to content overseas, they're even releasing it's first Australian produced series soon also. This is why they are so dominant and why it's going to be difficult for Disney and Warner Bros to make their services work IMO, they are going to be the place where creative people want to take their ideas. The more talent they get like Scorsese, the better the quality of work they produce, the better the platform becomes. Where I think Disney and WB are going to get into trouble is they are going to be relying a lot on their back catalogue of films to be the main selling point, the problem being everyone who's a Disney or WB fan already owns the films and TV shows they want, so unless they're are committed to spending the same amount of money or even more I have trouble seeing their services making a dent in Netflix's strangle hold.

Netflix is running up a ton of debt to do all the things you describe. Wonder if that will catch up to them at some point.

 

[Lone]

The thing about this technology is that it's really only been used sparingly in most movies so far, maybe 2-3 minutes maximum. If Scorsese pulls this off where over half of the movie is a flashback to the actors at a younger age it's a potential game changer. It would literally extend actors careers.

I’d watch the hell out of a young De Niro as Logan/Wolverine.

 

[jmc]

Netflix is running up a ton of debt to do all the things you describe. Wonder if that will catch up to them at some point.

Gotta spend money to make money.

 

[Schlosser85]

I thought Michael Douglas sounded fine as his young self in Ant Man

Yea but Douglas doesn’t sound drastically different like Pacino does.

 

[Pennywise]

Sounds like the budget for the film may have ballooned up to $200 Million!

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[terry78]

Netflix won't care. As lax as they are with their funds they rarely cheap out.

 

[titansupes]

I’d watch the hell out of a young De Niro as Logan/Wolverine.

Give me my Clint Eastwood Batman, dammit.

 

[Pennywise]

I'm definitely curious to see how the de-aging turns out!

 

[James.B]

 

[terry78]

At least it's getting a theatrical release.

 

[Schlosser85]

Well that was informative.

 

[titansupes]

Why would you choose that dialogue...?

 

[David H.]

Why would you choose that dialogue...?

It’s the title of the book.

 

[titansupes]

It’s the title of the book.

What is?

EDIT: Ah, I see.

 

[THE WOLF]

Why would you choose that dialogue...?

 

[dark_b]

i hope for them that what we heard were the the characters when they are old. because if they use Deniro and pacino old voices for the flashbacks haha this will be funny.

 

[Schlosser85]

i hope for them that what we heard were the the characters when they are old. because if they use Deniro and pacino old voices for the flashbacks haha this will be funny.

I don’t know if it’s even possible to make Pacino sound like his young self.

 

[Pennywise]

There was a Scarface game years ago and the producers originally wanted Pacino to supply his voice, but his voice sounded different so they hired an impersonator.

It’s going to sound weird.

 

[DarkKnight88]

I don’t know if it’s even possible to make Pacino sound like his young self.

This.

They would have to get voice impersonators.

And I doubt Scorsese would alter the performances that way.

Although for DeNiro, he doesn’t sound all that different other then putting his voice up an octave.

 

[Pennywise]

Oscars 2020: How Netflix Plans to Win Best Picture With Scorsese's Mob Drama

The champagne bottles at Netflix's afterparty were still corked Feb. 24 when the streaming company offered Oscar viewers the first peek at next year's awards season. A teaser for Martin Scorsese's upcoming gangster drama The Irishman aired midway through the Academy Awards telecast, with a simple phrase appended: "In Theaters Next Fall." That's a slight tweak from the language Netflix used in its teaser for Roma, "In Select Theaters," and the word choice indicates how the company that once eschewed theatrical windows plans to evolve for its biggest film yet.


Scorsese wants a wide theatrical release for his more than $125 million gangster movie, and two industry sources with knowledge of talks between Netflix and theater owners tell The Hollywood Reporter that the streaming company is working to get him one. To do so, Netflix will have to expand the three-week art house theatrical window it pioneered amid controversy this awards season and will have to allow theater owners to report box office numbers, which the streamer did not do for Roma.

"Netflix wants a big footprint for The Irishman," says one industry source. "They've put themselves in a position by supporting these kinds of filmmakers where they have to come to grips with the theatrical business model and how it works."

Lots of interesting info in the article.