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Robert De Niro better watch out. Leonardo DiCaprio's about to usurp his position as Martin Scorsese's go-to guy.
With two films under their belts (2002's Gangs of New York and current Oscar favorite The Aviator) and another one on the way (the thriller The Departed), DiCaprio and Scorsese apparently can't get enough of each other. The actor and director are now in talks four a fourth go-round, this time teaming up for a remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1948 classic, Drunken Angel.
The original film followed a small-time hood, who, after a tussle with a rival gang, seeks treatment for tuberculosis from an alcoholic doctor in post-World War II Japan. The two form a friendship that gets tested when the former's old crime boss is released from prison.
The update, which would star DiCaprio as the ailing crook, is being developed jointly for Warner Bros. by Scorsese's longtime producing partner Barbara DeFina and the actor's Appian Way production banner.
Per the Hollywood Reporter, the producers are in negotiations with Gladiator scribe John Logan, who is up for an Oscar for penning The Aviator, to write the script.
It's not known to what extent the story will be changed. For The Departed, however, Scorsese and DiCaprio are taking the source material, in that case the Hong Kong-based gang saga Infernal Affairs, and relocating it to Boston. Shooting on that project is expected to begin in the coming weeks.
Scorsese has been focusing on Asia of late. Aside from The Departed and Drunken Angel, he is also reportedly eyeing a big-screen adaptation of Japanese author Shusaku Endo's novel Silence, though there has been no word on a start date for that project.
For those of you keeping tabs, the Scorsese-DiCaprio tandem is going pretty strong, having nabbed 11 Oscar nominations for Gangs of New York and currently leading this year's crop with 11 nods for The Aviator. Scorsese is up for Best Director and DiCaprio's in the Best Actor race.
But Leo has a long way to go before he can match De Niro's eight-film streak with Scorsese. They first teamed up for 1973's Mean Streets, followed by Taxi Driver (1976), New York, New York (1977), Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1983), GoodFellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991) and Casino (1995). Additionally, they are working on a joint memoir about their cinematic time together due out later this year.
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