Martin Scorsese’s epic Killers of the Flower Moon shined a light on one of the lesser-known dark chapters of American history – the wholesale slaughter of dozens of members of the Osage Indian Nation by their supposed guardians, neighbors and friends. A dramatic gut-punch of a film, it was adapted by Scorsese and Eric Roth from the 2017 David Grann book of the same name. The book took about five years to research, and the film took just as long to arrive on the big screen, with both taking great pains to authentically communicate the tragic nature of the Osage murders. While the film obviously takes a handful of liberties necessary to dramatize Grann’s book, by all accounts it’s an incredibly faithful telling of the story, accurately recreating the book’s major events as realistically as possible. Let’s take a look at What Really Happened to Killers of the Flower Moon.
- 5/22/2024
- by Eric Walkuski
- JoBlo.com
Post Malone broke the internet when he first announced that he was working on a country album. Posty is by no means the first artist to make the jump to recording country music, but he is easily one of the most hyped. Recently, he gave his listeners a taste of a brand-new track he is working on with Morgan Wallen.
Post Malone Sets His Sights On Conquering Country Music
Post Malone has never been a one-trick pony. Just when you think you’ve seen everything he has to offer, he flips the script and comes back with something completely new. Whether he is slinging verses on top of a trap beat or covering Alice In Chains, he is never out of his depth. This is exactly the kind of versatility that his fans love about him.
When Post Malone first announced that he planned to switch genres and release a country album,...
Post Malone Sets His Sights On Conquering Country Music
Post Malone has never been a one-trick pony. Just when you think you’ve seen everything he has to offer, he flips the script and comes back with something completely new. Whether he is slinging verses on top of a trap beat or covering Alice In Chains, he is never out of his depth. This is exactly the kind of versatility that his fans love about him.
When Post Malone first announced that he planned to switch genres and release a country album,...
- 3/22/2024
- by Evan Morgan
- Country Music Alley
Movie audiences from the 80s and 90s would easily remember Jim Varney and his popular character, Ernest P. Worrell. Although Varney’s acting career began decades before Ernest P. Worrell was created, it became a character for which he was always known. Varney’s professional acting career spanned 36 years, from 1964 to 2000. As an actor and comedian, Varney was easily recognizable on-screen, especially with his distinctive raspy voice. The Kentucky-born actor portrayed Ernest as a buffoonish Southerner known for his “KnoWhutImean, Vern?” catchphrase. However, Varney sadly passed away on February 10, 2000, at the age of 50. Remembering his work...
- 7/9/2023
- by Onyinye Izundu
- TVovermind.com
“Killers of the Flower Moon” star Lily Gladstone says Martin Scorsese’s film is more complicated than your traditional Western, where Indigenous characters have historically suffered stereotyping.
The Blackfeet/Niimíipuu actress, who portrays Osage woman Mollie Burkhart in the period piece film, told Empire magazine, “A lot of people are really wanting to call this ‘Martin Scorsese’s Western.’ With natives and Westerns, we are so dehumanized that it just kind of feels like we’re part of the landscape – instead of humans that are telling a story.”
She added that the film is instead “a great American tragedy.” Gladstone’s character is wed to suspicious cattle rancher Ernest (Leonardo DiCaprio), whose uncle William Hale (Robert De Niro) is determined to gain control over the oil under their feet in Oklahoma.
“Having grown up on my reservation in Montana, in the American West and Indian country, it was very familiar to see this goofy,...
The Blackfeet/Niimíipuu actress, who portrays Osage woman Mollie Burkhart in the period piece film, told Empire magazine, “A lot of people are really wanting to call this ‘Martin Scorsese’s Western.’ With natives and Westerns, we are so dehumanized that it just kind of feels like we’re part of the landscape – instead of humans that are telling a story.”
She added that the film is instead “a great American tragedy.” Gladstone’s character is wed to suspicious cattle rancher Ernest (Leonardo DiCaprio), whose uncle William Hale (Robert De Niro) is determined to gain control over the oil under their feet in Oklahoma.
“Having grown up on my reservation in Montana, in the American West and Indian country, it was very familiar to see this goofy,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Martin Scorsese has premiered the new trailer for his latest film, Killers of the Flower Moon.
Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by David Grann. It explores the murders of native Osage peoples in Oklahoma in the 1920s after oil deposits were discovered on their land, in a saga that came to be called the Reign of Terror.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone star in the film as Ernest and Mollie Burkhart, a married couple living in Oklahoma at the time of the murders. Robert De Niro portrays Ernest’s uncle, William Hale, a prominent cattle raiser on the Osage reservation. Meanwhile, Jesse Plemons plays Tom White, a Boi agent investigating the murders, and Brendan Fraser is cast as Hale’s attorney.
The film’s cast also includes John Lithgow, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, and Jillian Dion, along with musicians Jack White,...
Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by David Grann. It explores the murders of native Osage peoples in Oklahoma in the 1920s after oil deposits were discovered on their land, in a saga that came to be called the Reign of Terror.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone star in the film as Ernest and Mollie Burkhart, a married couple living in Oklahoma at the time of the murders. Robert De Niro portrays Ernest’s uncle, William Hale, a prominent cattle raiser on the Osage reservation. Meanwhile, Jesse Plemons plays Tom White, a Boi agent investigating the murders, and Brendan Fraser is cast as Hale’s attorney.
The film’s cast also includes John Lithgow, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, and Jillian Dion, along with musicians Jack White,...
- 7/5/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Film News
Martin Scorsese’s films deserve to be seen on the big screen, and Apple is giving the acclaimed director’s latest the biggest screens possible. Scorsese’s upcoming Western epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” will receive a run in IMAX theaters upon its release, Apple announced Wednesday. The company shared the news along with the release of the full trailer for the film, which can be watched below.
Based on the non-fiction book of the same name by journalist David Grann, “Killers of the Flower Moon” is set in the 1920s on the Oklahoma land of the Osage Nation native tribe. During the turn of the century, oil was discovered in the area, turning the Osage into some of the richest people in the world. The new wealth of the tribe lead to tragedy, however, as at least 60 Osage were reported murdered between 1918 and 1931.
A FBI investigation into the...
Based on the non-fiction book of the same name by journalist David Grann, “Killers of the Flower Moon” is set in the 1920s on the Oklahoma land of the Osage Nation native tribe. During the turn of the century, oil was discovered in the area, turning the Osage into some of the richest people in the world. The new wealth of the tribe lead to tragedy, however, as at least 60 Osage were reported murdered between 1918 and 1931.
A FBI investigation into the...
- 7/5/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Wolves are not subtle creatures. It’s a rhetorical question: “Can you find the wolves in this picture?” Who couldn’t spot wolves among humans? They’re much smaller than people, much growlier. They have a vicious appetite and care only about satisfying it. What they lack in tact they make up in blunt aggression, tearing their victims apart limb-by-limb and leaving a blood-stained trail of evidence to prove it. They’re indignant, not the most intelligent, and they don’t speak the language. But that’s where William Hale differs: he speaks the language.
Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Killers of the Flower Moon makes no mistake about who is at the center of its tragedy: the Osage Nation. Shot primarily on location on the reservation in Oklahoma, the film opens and closes with Osage ceremonies, one mourning death and the other celebrating life, in that order. The story in-between,...
Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Killers of the Flower Moon makes no mistake about who is at the center of its tragedy: the Osage Nation. Shot primarily on location on the reservation in Oklahoma, the film opens and closes with Osage ceremonies, one mourning death and the other celebrating life, in that order. The story in-between,...
- 5/21/2023
- by Luke Hicks
- The Film Stage
After years of anticipation, Martin Scorsese’s long awaited “Killers of the Flower Moon” finally premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. The film, which tells the story of the Reign of Terror that saw a number of wealthy Osage Nation members murdered in the 1920s, had been a passion project of Scorsese’s for years before he began filming in 2021. Production was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic, but there were also significant creative changes that stalled the project.
Scorsese and his co-writer Eric Roth initially envisioned the film as a procedural that followed the FBI investigation into the murders. But the creative team soon realized that the movie needed to place the Osage Nation front and center.
Speaking to the press following the film’s Cannes premiere, Scorsese — flanked by his cast members Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone — recalled the lengthy development process and the...
Scorsese and his co-writer Eric Roth initially envisioned the film as a procedural that followed the FBI investigation into the murders. But the creative team soon realized that the movie needed to place the Osage Nation front and center.
Speaking to the press following the film’s Cannes premiere, Scorsese — flanked by his cast members Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone — recalled the lengthy development process and the...
- 5/21/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Returning to the Cannes Film Festival with director Martin Scorsese 47 years after they won the Palme d’Or for “Taxi Driver” was “perfect,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” star Robert De Niro said on Sunday afternoon at the Cannes press conference for the film.
“It was perfect,” De Niro said. “We haven’t been here since 1976. [It feels] ancient. It was nice being back in this way.”
Saturday night, the three-and-a-half-hour epic played to rapturous reactions at its star-studded premiere. On Sunday, Scorsese and De Niro joined stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone, as well as Osage Nation Chief Standing Bear (a consultant on the movie) to talk to the press about the film that deals with the real-life murders of Osage people by white men trying to take the money they’d made when oil was discovered on the land given to them by the U.S. government.
“It was the culmination...
“It was perfect,” De Niro said. “We haven’t been here since 1976. [It feels] ancient. It was nice being back in this way.”
Saturday night, the three-and-a-half-hour epic played to rapturous reactions at its star-studded premiere. On Sunday, Scorsese and De Niro joined stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone, as well as Osage Nation Chief Standing Bear (a consultant on the movie) to talk to the press about the film that deals with the real-life murders of Osage people by white men trying to take the money they’d made when oil was discovered on the land given to them by the U.S. government.
“It was the culmination...
- 5/21/2023
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Wrap
Los Angeles, May 21 (Ians) Whether Lily Gladstone decides to campaign for lead actress or supporting actress (and there’s a case for either), a spot will be reserved for her in a lineup.
That’s because her powerfully complex role in Apple Original Films’ ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on a rainy Saturday night, is too good to ignore, reports Variety.
Gladstone delivers an uncompromising portrayal as Mollie, an Indigenous woman whose family and tribal community are being murdered at the hands of a sinister group of white men, driven by their thirst for greed and power. She’s a magnificent force.
As per Variety, it became clear almost 10 minutes into Martin Scorsese’s epic adaptation of David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book ‘Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI’ that the audience of attendees were witnessing the birth of a star.
That’s because her powerfully complex role in Apple Original Films’ ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on a rainy Saturday night, is too good to ignore, reports Variety.
Gladstone delivers an uncompromising portrayal as Mollie, an Indigenous woman whose family and tribal community are being murdered at the hands of a sinister group of white men, driven by their thirst for greed and power. She’s a magnificent force.
As per Variety, it became clear almost 10 minutes into Martin Scorsese’s epic adaptation of David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book ‘Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI’ that the audience of attendees were witnessing the birth of a star.
- 5/21/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Whether Lily Gladstone decides to campaign for lead actress or supporting (and there’s a case for either), a spot will be reserved for her in a lineup. That’s because her powerfully complex role in Apple Original Films’ “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on a rainy Saturday night, is too good to ignore.
Gladstone delivers an uncompromising portrayal as Mollie, an Indigenous woman whose family and tribal community are being murdered at the hands of a sinister group of white men, driven by their thirst for greed and power. She’s a magnificent force.
It became clear almost 10 minutes into Martin Scorsese’s epic adaptation of David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” that the audience of attendees were witnessing the birth of a star.
The film tells the tragic...
Gladstone delivers an uncompromising portrayal as Mollie, an Indigenous woman whose family and tribal community are being murdered at the hands of a sinister group of white men, driven by their thirst for greed and power. She’s a magnificent force.
It became clear almost 10 minutes into Martin Scorsese’s epic adaptation of David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” that the audience of attendees were witnessing the birth of a star.
The film tells the tragic...
- 5/21/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” premiered Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival to near-universal acclaim and what trade sites estimated was a nine-minute standing ovation upon its completion.
“At 80, Martin Scorsese has finally made a Western, and it packs a wallop,” Deadline’s Pete Hammond wrote in his rave review. “There are many ways to spoil the sheer pleasure of watching a master filmmaker handle a vast tale like this, working at the top of a very impressive game at a time when many have retired. I won’t do that except to say with a length of 3 1/2 hours the filmmaker and his longtime editor, Thelma Schoonmaker, don’t seem to be wasting any time. Yes, it feels truly epic in many ways, but all in service to the story. I never looked at my watch.”
Years in the making – Scorsese began shooting “Killers of the Flower Moon...
“At 80, Martin Scorsese has finally made a Western, and it packs a wallop,” Deadline’s Pete Hammond wrote in his rave review. “There are many ways to spoil the sheer pleasure of watching a master filmmaker handle a vast tale like this, working at the top of a very impressive game at a time when many have retired. I won’t do that except to say with a length of 3 1/2 hours the filmmaker and his longtime editor, Thelma Schoonmaker, don’t seem to be wasting any time. Yes, it feels truly epic in many ways, but all in service to the story. I never looked at my watch.”
Years in the making – Scorsese began shooting “Killers of the Flower Moon...
- 5/21/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Martin Scorsese unveiled “Killers of the Flower Moon” at Cannes on Saturday, debuting a sweeping American epic about greed and exploitation on the bloody plains of an Osage Nation reservation in 1920s Oklahoma.
Scorsese’s latest — starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro — is one of his most ambitious. Adapting David Grann’s nonfiction bestseller, it stretches nearly three and a half hours and cost Apple $200 million to make.
Nothing has been more anticipated at this year’s Cannes Film Festival than “Killers of the Flower Moon” — a historical epic, a bitter crime film and a Great Plains Western — which appeared to meet those expectations. It drew a lengthy nine-minute standing ovation and repeated cheers for Scorsese, 80, who premiered his first film at Cannes since 1985′s “After Hours”.
“We shot this a couple of years ago in Oklahoma. It’s taken its time to come around but Apple did so great by us,...
Scorsese’s latest — starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro — is one of his most ambitious. Adapting David Grann’s nonfiction bestseller, it stretches nearly three and a half hours and cost Apple $200 million to make.
Nothing has been more anticipated at this year’s Cannes Film Festival than “Killers of the Flower Moon” — a historical epic, a bitter crime film and a Great Plains Western — which appeared to meet those expectations. It drew a lengthy nine-minute standing ovation and repeated cheers for Scorsese, 80, who premiered his first film at Cannes since 1985′s “After Hours”.
“We shot this a couple of years ago in Oklahoma. It’s taken its time to come around but Apple did so great by us,...
- 5/20/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
From the crime and gangster infested “Goodfellas,” to “The Wolf of Wall Street” centered on vampiric stock market thieves, master director Martin Scorsese’s filmography has often concerned itself with American sins driven by infinite greed.
So it is perhaps no surprise that Scorsese would be the one to cinematically adapt David Grann’s searing true-crime book, “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI,” for the big screen, uncompromisingly illustrating a forgotten chapter of one of America’s original sins: white people’s coldhearted killing of Native American tribes.
In that regard, his “Killers of the Flower Moon” is vast and vital in its scale, purpose and emotional scope, a Western-thriller and ensemble piece that is every bit a Scorsese crime picture as one can dare to imagine.
The impeccably researched book by Grann (also the author of “The Lost City of Z:...
So it is perhaps no surprise that Scorsese would be the one to cinematically adapt David Grann’s searing true-crime book, “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI,” for the big screen, uncompromisingly illustrating a forgotten chapter of one of America’s original sins: white people’s coldhearted killing of Native American tribes.
In that regard, his “Killers of the Flower Moon” is vast and vital in its scale, purpose and emotional scope, a Western-thriller and ensemble piece that is every bit a Scorsese crime picture as one can dare to imagine.
The impeccably researched book by Grann (also the author of “The Lost City of Z:...
- 5/20/2023
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Wrap
The Osage called it the “Reign of Terror.” Once upon a time, long after they’d been forcibly displaced and sold land in the Oklahoma territories deemed barren and unfruitful, the Indigenous tribe had discovered oil under the ground. And more oil. And still more oil after that. They became rich. Like Gatsby-level rich. Then, in the early 1920s, members of the community began suffering from a mysterious “wasting illness.” And when two Osage citizens were found within a day of each other in 1921, both with gunshot wounds to their heads,...
- 5/20/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Martin Scorsese may like to think of “Killers of the Flower Moon” as the Western that he always wanted to make, but this frequently spectacular American epic about the genocidal conspiracy that was visited upon the Osage Nation during the 1920s is more potent and self-possessed when it sticks a finger in one of the other genres that bubble up to the surface over the course of its three-and-a-half-hour runtime.
The first and most obvious of those is a gangster drama in the grand tradition of the director’s previous work. Just when it seemed like “The Irishman” might’ve been Scorsese’s final word on his signature genre, they’ve pulled him back in for another movie full of brutal killings, bitter voiceovers, and biting conclusions about the corruptive spirit of American capitalism. “Gimme Shelter” may not have made it into the final cut, but the chugging bass groove...
The first and most obvious of those is a gangster drama in the grand tradition of the director’s previous work. Just when it seemed like “The Irishman” might’ve been Scorsese’s final word on his signature genre, they’ve pulled him back in for another movie full of brutal killings, bitter voiceovers, and biting conclusions about the corruptive spirit of American capitalism. “Gimme Shelter” may not have made it into the final cut, but the chugging bass groove...
- 5/20/2023
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
In the world of "John Wick," coming face to face with the Baba Yaga might as well be an appointment to sign your own death certificate. John Wick has killed an alarming number of people, so it's almost more shocking when he doesn't kill someone. In the film that kicked off the franchise, Wick walks up to the VIP entrance of The Red Circle club owned by Russian crime lord Viggo Tarasov and intimidates the bouncer, Francis, outside. Despite his hulking frame, Wick puts his gun to Francis' head and addresses him by name. He compliments him on his weight loss, which Francis clarifies is a loss of 60 kilograms. While this might appear to be some gentle conversation to break the tension before a bloodbath, it's actually an exchange of information.
Francis' reference to 60 kilograms is actually a code for how many guards are in the club, providing Wick with...
Francis' reference to 60 kilograms is actually a code for how many guards are in the club, providing Wick with...
- 5/20/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Director Martin Scorsese has made some truly brilliant art out of the dark corners of human history, from "Gangs of New York" to "Silence," but "Killers of the Flower Moon" looks like it might be his historical magnum opus. The film, which debuts at Cannes this week and will hit theaters nationwide in October, is based on the non-fiction book "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI" by David Grann, and it tells the story of the murders of dozens of indigenous people in Osage County, Oklahoma in the 1910s, '20s, and '30s.
The actual number of murders is still unconfirmed, because there was a cover-up and some murders might have been reported as "accidental" deaths, but "Killers of the Flower Moon" focuses on the murders of the family members of Mollie Burkhart (played by Lily Gladstone). When Mollie and her...
The actual number of murders is still unconfirmed, because there was a cover-up and some murders might have been reported as "accidental" deaths, but "Killers of the Flower Moon" focuses on the murders of the family members of Mollie Burkhart (played by Lily Gladstone). When Mollie and her...
- 5/18/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian Nation in Oklahoma. This striking factoid is what journalist and author David Grann uses to begin his book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, and it works on two levels: First it is a table-setter in which we can contextualize a unique moment in history where members of the Osage Nation were driven around by white chauffeurs and their children were sent to study in Europe. Secondly, it begs the reader to wonder why, exactly, is that not the case today?
The first trailer for Martin Scorsese’s long-anticipated film adaptation of Grann’s nonfiction book leans more directly into that latter sense of foreboding. It presents a world that might just be dancing on a knife’s edge. In fact, the first thing we...
The first trailer for Martin Scorsese’s long-anticipated film adaptation of Grann’s nonfiction book leans more directly into that latter sense of foreboding. It presents a world that might just be dancing on a knife’s edge. In fact, the first thing we...
- 5/18/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Los Angeles, May 18 (Ians) Martin Scorsese reunites with longtime muses Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro in the first trailer for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, the upcoming Western epic based on David Grann’s 2017 best-selling non-fiction book ‘Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI’, reports ‘Variety’.
Set in 1920s Oklahoma, the drama focuses on a series of Osage Nation murders over oil rights and the newly-formed FBI’s investigation into the killings. The supporting cast includes Jesse Plemons, last seen in the much-applauded ‘The Power of the Dog’, and ‘Certain Women’ breakout Lily Gladstone, ‘Variety’ adds.
For DiCaprio and De Niro, ‘Flower Moon’ marks the first time the Oscar winners have worked together in a feature since Michael Caton-Jones’ 1993 drama ‘This Boy’s Life’.
Both actors, according to ‘Variety’, played fictionalised versions of themselves in Scorsese’s short film ‘The Audition’.
De Niro...
Set in 1920s Oklahoma, the drama focuses on a series of Osage Nation murders over oil rights and the newly-formed FBI’s investigation into the killings. The supporting cast includes Jesse Plemons, last seen in the much-applauded ‘The Power of the Dog’, and ‘Certain Women’ breakout Lily Gladstone, ‘Variety’ adds.
For DiCaprio and De Niro, ‘Flower Moon’ marks the first time the Oscar winners have worked together in a feature since Michael Caton-Jones’ 1993 drama ‘This Boy’s Life’.
Both actors, according to ‘Variety’, played fictionalised versions of themselves in Scorsese’s short film ‘The Audition’.
De Niro...
- 5/18/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Ahead of its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, the first trailer for “Killers of the Flower Moon” has dropped courtesy of Apple TV+ and Paramount Pictures.
The long-in-the-works adaptation of the David Grann book tells the true story of the murders of multiple Osage people in Oklahoma in the 1920s after oil was discovered on tribal land. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, nephew of the murderous cattle tycoon William Hale, who is played by Robert De Niro, while Lily Gladstone plays Ernest’s wife Mollie.
Martin Scorsese co-wrote the screenplay with Eric Roth and directs the film, which went through multiple permutations before finally going into production. DiCaprio was initially going to play the role of the lawman who comes in to save the day (now played by Jesse Plemons). But the story and script was reworked to focus on the morality at play in this heinous crime,...
The long-in-the-works adaptation of the David Grann book tells the true story of the murders of multiple Osage people in Oklahoma in the 1920s after oil was discovered on tribal land. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, nephew of the murderous cattle tycoon William Hale, who is played by Robert De Niro, while Lily Gladstone plays Ernest’s wife Mollie.
Martin Scorsese co-wrote the screenplay with Eric Roth and directs the film, which went through multiple permutations before finally going into production. DiCaprio was initially going to play the role of the lawman who comes in to save the day (now played by Jesse Plemons). But the story and script was reworked to focus on the morality at play in this heinous crime,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
The first teaser trailer for Martin Scorsese’s much-anticipated feature Killers of the Flower Moon has been revealed.
The nearly two-minute clip gives us our first glimpse of leads Leonardo DiCaprio as Ernest Burkhart and Lily Gladstone playing Mollie Kyle, an Osage woman who has inherited an oil fortune. We also see Robert De Niro as Ernest’s uncle, the cattleman William Hale.
The cast also includes Jesse Plemons as Tom White, a former Texas Ranger investigating the murders, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion and Tantoo Cardinal.
Based on David Grann’s best-selling 2017 non-fiction book, the true story featured in Killers of the Flower Moon centers on an FBI investigation of a series of murders of the Osage people that took place in Oklahoma in the early 1920s. The murders became known as the Reign of Terror after oil was discovered on tribal land.
The nearly two-minute clip gives us our first glimpse of leads Leonardo DiCaprio as Ernest Burkhart and Lily Gladstone playing Mollie Kyle, an Osage woman who has inherited an oil fortune. We also see Robert De Niro as Ernest’s uncle, the cattleman William Hale.
The cast also includes Jesse Plemons as Tom White, a former Texas Ranger investigating the murders, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion and Tantoo Cardinal.
Based on David Grann’s best-selling 2017 non-fiction book, the true story featured in Killers of the Flower Moon centers on an FBI investigation of a series of murders of the Osage people that took place in Oklahoma in the early 1920s. The murders became known as the Reign of Terror after oil was discovered on tribal land.
- 5/18/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The long-awaited trailer for the latest Martin Scorsese project, "Killers of the Flower Moon," is finally here. The Apple film about a very dark part of America's history is based on the 2017 book by David Grann: "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI." Time magazine picked the title as one of the top 10 non-fiction books of 2017.
It's the story of the Osage Nation, which was resettled in Oklahoma in the 1800s after its people were forced off their own land. There was oil discovered on the new land, however, and it made the Osage Nation very rich. One of the wealthiest members of the Osage Nation was Mollie Burkhart, who married a white man named Ernest Burkhart (played by Leonardo DiCaprio). At the time, the only way for outsiders to get their hands on the money was through marriage. Then the murders...
It's the story of the Osage Nation, which was resettled in Oklahoma in the 1800s after its people were forced off their own land. There was oil discovered on the new land, however, and it made the Osage Nation very rich. One of the wealthiest members of the Osage Nation was Mollie Burkhart, who married a white man named Ernest Burkhart (played by Leonardo DiCaprio). At the time, the only way for outsiders to get their hands on the money was through marriage. Then the murders...
- 5/18/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Martin Scorsese reunites with longtime muses Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro in the first trailer for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” the upcoming Western epic based on David Grann’s 2017 best-selling non-fiction book “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.” Set in 1920s Oklahoma, the drama focuses on a series of Osage Nation murders over oil rights and the newly-formed FBI’s investigation into the killings. The supporting cast includes Jesse Plemons and “Certain Women” breakout Lily Gladstone.
For DiCaprio and De Niro, “Flower Moon” marks the first time the Oscar winners have worked together in a feature since Michael Caton-Jones’ 1993 drama “This Boy’s Life.” Both actors played fictionalized versions of themselves in Scorsese’s short film “The Audition.” De Niro earned Oscar nominations for best actor by starring in Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” “Cape Fear” and “Raging Bull,” winning for the latter.
For DiCaprio and De Niro, “Flower Moon” marks the first time the Oscar winners have worked together in a feature since Michael Caton-Jones’ 1993 drama “This Boy’s Life.” Both actors played fictionalized versions of themselves in Scorsese’s short film “The Audition.” De Niro earned Oscar nominations for best actor by starring in Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” “Cape Fear” and “Raging Bull,” winning for the latter.
- 5/18/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Famed director Martin Scorsese has many stories he wants to share, but feels like it may be too late, he said in a recent interview with Deadline.
“I wish I could take a break for eight weeks and make a film at the same time,” Scorsese, 80, said while discussing his narrative process for his upcoming movie Killers of the Flower Moon. “The whole world has opened up to me, but it’s too late. It’s too late.”
Part of this reflection was sparked by ruminating on the moment filmmaker Akira Kurosawa received his honorary Oscar from George Lucas and Steven Spielberg in 1990.
“I’m old. I read stuff. I see things. I want to tell stories, and there’s no more time,” Scorsese explained. “[Kurosawa] said, ‘I’m only now beginning to see the possibility of what cinema could be, and it’s too late.’ He was 83. At the time,...
“I wish I could take a break for eight weeks and make a film at the same time,” Scorsese, 80, said while discussing his narrative process for his upcoming movie Killers of the Flower Moon. “The whole world has opened up to me, but it’s too late. It’s too late.”
Part of this reflection was sparked by ruminating on the moment filmmaker Akira Kurosawa received his honorary Oscar from George Lucas and Steven Spielberg in 1990.
“I’m old. I read stuff. I see things. I want to tell stories, and there’s no more time,” Scorsese explained. “[Kurosawa] said, ‘I’m only now beginning to see the possibility of what cinema could be, and it’s too late.’ He was 83. At the time,...
- 5/16/2023
- by Cervanté Pope
- Consequence - Film News
In development since 2016, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon finally has its world premiere this week at the Cannes Film Festival. While there will be much to discuss post-premiere, not to mention endless interviews in what will be a nearly year-long awards run, the director and cast have now given their first major interview about the David Grann adaptation with Deadline.
The conversation is full of fascinating insights, including the precise details of how Leonardo DiCaprio pushed to add more complexity to the story. “Ernest [DiCaprio] and Mollie [Lilly Gladstone] really represented how twisted and complex some of this stuff was, culturally,” the actor said. “A lot of Osage women were marrying white men who really came to prey on them, to take over their headrights and seize their oil money. And yet, at the same time, what struck me was one scene in the initial draft we had, the real testimony of Ernest and Mollie,...
The conversation is full of fascinating insights, including the precise details of how Leonardo DiCaprio pushed to add more complexity to the story. “Ernest [DiCaprio] and Mollie [Lilly Gladstone] really represented how twisted and complex some of this stuff was, culturally,” the actor said. “A lot of Osage women were marrying white men who really came to prey on them, to take over their headrights and seize their oil money. And yet, at the same time, what struck me was one scene in the initial draft we had, the real testimony of Ernest and Mollie,...
- 5/16/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
It was in August 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, that Lily Gladstone — who had earned raves playing a lovelorn rancher in Kelly Reichardt’s 2016 indie Certain Women — started to consider a career change. “You just wonder if it’s going to be sustainable,” Gladstone, 36, recalls thinking during that professional dry spell. “So I had my credit card out, registering for a data analytics course.”
A self-professed “bee nerd,” she planned to apply for seasonal work with the Department of Agriculture tracking murder hornets — yes, murder hornets — that were wreaking havoc around the country at the time. But as she entered her credit card information, a Gmail notification alerted her to a request for a Zoom meeting with Martin Scorsese. The murder hornets would have to wait.
Three years later, Gladstone is approaching her Cannes Film Festival debut as one of the three leads — alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro...
A self-professed “bee nerd,” she planned to apply for seasonal work with the Department of Agriculture tracking murder hornets — yes, murder hornets — that were wreaking havoc around the country at the time. But as she entered her credit card information, a Gmail notification alerted her to a request for a Zoom meeting with Martin Scorsese. The murder hornets would have to wait.
Three years later, Gladstone is approaching her Cannes Film Festival debut as one of the three leads — alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro...
- 5/16/2023
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Although Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro take top billing in Martin Scorsese’s harrowing drama, one might say the real star of Killers of the Flower Moon is a relative unknown: Lily Gladstone, who plays Mollie, wife to DiCaprio’s Ernest. Mollie is the film’s conscience, a rich Osage woman who is slowly being robbed of her health by a seemingly simple case of diabetes. Insulin shots only seem to make matters worse, and after losing her sisters in suspicious circumstances, Mollie insists that only her husband can administer her medicine. But is she being too trusting?
An American actress of Blackfeet and Nimíipuu heritage, Gladstone came to Scorsese’s attention after he saw her in Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women. In an ensemble cast including Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern, she more than held her own, prompting Rolling Stone’s review to enthuse that “Gladstone...
An American actress of Blackfeet and Nimíipuu heritage, Gladstone came to Scorsese’s attention after he saw her in Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women. In an ensemble cast including Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern, she more than held her own, prompting Rolling Stone’s review to enthuse that “Gladstone...
- 5/16/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In 2016, the hottest book in Hollywood hadn’t even been published yet. Circulating in galley proofs, it was the latest non-fiction work from author David Grann, whose 2009 book The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon had recently been filmed by James Gray and produced by Plan B. His new book was another mouthful — Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI — and it proved just as tasty.
Seven-figure bids materialized, with talent attachments that included Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and J.J. Abrams. The deal ended with a statement buy by Imperative Entertainment’s Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas, who went well beyond the bids and took it off the table for $5 million. With Martin Scorsese directing, they would set it up at Paramount, casting DiCaprio alongside Robert De Niro in the most iconic pairing since...
Seven-figure bids materialized, with talent attachments that included Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and J.J. Abrams. The deal ended with a statement buy by Imperative Entertainment’s Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas, who went well beyond the bids and took it off the table for $5 million. With Martin Scorsese directing, they would set it up at Paramount, casting DiCaprio alongside Robert De Niro in the most iconic pairing since...
- 5/16/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
A new episode of the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series was released over the weekend, and with this one we took a look back at a film that came from two masters of the genre: George A. Romero and Dario Argento. The film is the 1990 anthology Two Evil Eyes (watch or buy it Here), and you can find out all about it by watching the video embedded above!
Scripted by Romero, Argento, and Franco Ferrini, Two Evil Eyes consists of adaptations of two separate Edgar Allan Poe stories, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar and The Black Cat. The film has the following synopsis: George A. Romero provides unabated horror in “The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar”. As he lays dying, Ernest Valdemar’s scheming young wife and her lover anxiously await his demise – and his vast fortune. But when Ernest dies unexpectedly while under hypnosis,...
Scripted by Romero, Argento, and Franco Ferrini, Two Evil Eyes consists of adaptations of two separate Edgar Allan Poe stories, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar and The Black Cat. The film has the following synopsis: George A. Romero provides unabated horror in “The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar”. As he lays dying, Ernest Valdemar’s scheming young wife and her lover anxiously await his demise – and his vast fortune. But when Ernest dies unexpectedly while under hypnosis,...
- 4/24/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
There has long been a grave misunderstanding of the spoof movie, a genre that takes one movie or cinematic trend and recreates it while mocking it mercilessly. It's easy to write off comedy staples like "Airplane!" and "Spaceballs" as delivery systems for silly non-stop gags, and sure enough, they absolutely are. But at its best, the spoof genre is much more insidious.
Most great spoof movies don't just mock something popular, they mock something serious. "Top Gun" is a self-serious motion picture, one that's seemingly unaware or at least uncritical of its own artificiality and jingoism. Fans of "Top Gun" may laugh at the film's funnier moments but the film itself is not to be laughed at. That's why a film like "Hot Shots!" is such a delight. The jokes are absurd and rapid-fire, but they're all aimed at taking a movie that set itself on a pedestal down a...
Most great spoof movies don't just mock something popular, they mock something serious. "Top Gun" is a self-serious motion picture, one that's seemingly unaware or at least uncritical of its own artificiality and jingoism. Fans of "Top Gun" may laugh at the film's funnier moments but the film itself is not to be laughed at. That's why a film like "Hot Shots!" is such a delight. The jokes are absurd and rapid-fire, but they're all aimed at taking a movie that set itself on a pedestal down a...
- 4/15/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
Hardy scored seven nominations and tops the list of the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards nominees. Lainey Wilson picked up six nominations, followed by Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, and Cole Swindell with five.
Dolly Parton is returning as ACM Awards host for the second straight year. She’ll be joined by Garth Brooks who’ll be making his Academy of Country Music Awards hosting debut.
This year’s awards show will take place at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The ACM Awards will air live on Prime Video on Thursday, May 11th.
58th Academy of Country Music Awards Nominees:
Entertainer Of The Year
• Jason Aldean
• Kane Brown
• Luke Combs
• Miranda Lambert
• Chris Stapleton
• Carrie Underwood
• Morgan Wallen
Female Artist Of The Year
• Kelsea Ballerini
• Miranda Lambert
• Ashley McBryde
• Carly Pearce
• Lainey Wilson
Male Artist Of The Year
• Kane Brown
• Luke Combs
• Jordan Davis...
Dolly Parton is returning as ACM Awards host for the second straight year. She’ll be joined by Garth Brooks who’ll be making his Academy of Country Music Awards hosting debut.
This year’s awards show will take place at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The ACM Awards will air live on Prime Video on Thursday, May 11th.
58th Academy of Country Music Awards Nominees:
Entertainer Of The Year
• Jason Aldean
• Kane Brown
• Luke Combs
• Miranda Lambert
• Chris Stapleton
• Carrie Underwood
• Morgan Wallen
Female Artist Of The Year
• Kelsea Ballerini
• Miranda Lambert
• Ashley McBryde
• Carly Pearce
• Lainey Wilson
Male Artist Of The Year
• Kane Brown
• Luke Combs
• Jordan Davis...
- 4/13/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards announced their nominations on Thursday, April 13, in advance of the awards that will take place on Thursday, May 11. Hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, the event will stream live exclusively on Amazon Prime Video at 8:00pm Eastern/5:00pm Pacific from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Scroll down for the complete list of contenders.
A couple of relative newcomers lead this year’s lineup. Hardy is the top contender with seven nominations: Song of the Year, Song of the Year again (as songwriter for “Sand in My Boots”), Visual Media of the Year (“Wait in the Truck”), Artist-Songwriter of the Year, and Music Event of the Year (as artist and producer for “Wait in the Truck”). Perhaps surprisingly given that impressive haul, Hardy missed the cut for Male Artist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.
A couple of relative newcomers lead this year’s lineup. Hardy is the top contender with seven nominations: Song of the Year, Song of the Year again (as songwriter for “Sand in My Boots”), Visual Media of the Year (“Wait in the Truck”), Artist-Songwriter of the Year, and Music Event of the Year (as artist and producer for “Wait in the Truck”). Perhaps surprisingly given that impressive haul, Hardy missed the cut for Male Artist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.
- 4/13/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The Academy of Country Music has unveiled its roster of 2023 ACM Awards nominees, with Hardy and Lainey Wilson leading the way.
Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks will host “Country Music’s Party of the Year,” which is set to stream live on Prime Video on Thursday, May 11 at 8 p.m. Edt/7 p.m. Cdt/5 p.m. Pdt from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
Hardy scored seven nominations this year, including Song of the Year and Artist-Songwriter of the Year, sharing three of those noms with collaborator Wilson for their song, “wait in the truck.” For her part, Wilson received six nods — the most for a female artist this year — including Female Artist of the Year.
Meanwhile, Miranda Lambert is breaking records before the telecast even kicks off. The “If I Was a Cowboy” singer received her 17th Female Artist of the Year nomination, passing the record...
Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks will host “Country Music’s Party of the Year,” which is set to stream live on Prime Video on Thursday, May 11 at 8 p.m. Edt/7 p.m. Cdt/5 p.m. Pdt from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
Hardy scored seven nominations this year, including Song of the Year and Artist-Songwriter of the Year, sharing three of those noms with collaborator Wilson for their song, “wait in the truck.” For her part, Wilson received six nods — the most for a female artist this year — including Female Artist of the Year.
Meanwhile, Miranda Lambert is breaking records before the telecast even kicks off. The “If I Was a Cowboy” singer received her 17th Female Artist of the Year nomination, passing the record...
- 4/13/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
Lainey Wilson and Hardy were the most nominated country artists when the nominees for the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards were announced Thursday morning. The pair are nominated together for their collab “Wait in the Truck” for Song of the Year, Visual Media of the Year, and Music Event of the Year.
Wilson, the year’s breakout female country star, is also up for Album of the Year for her LP Bell Bottom Country, Single of the Year for “Heart Like a Truck,” and Female Artist of the Year.
Wilson, the year’s breakout female country star, is also up for Album of the Year for her LP Bell Bottom Country, Single of the Year for “Heart Like a Truck,” and Female Artist of the Year.
- 4/13/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
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