Scorsese says new De Niro movie in the works

MARTIN SCORSESE (AFP Photo / Jean-Philippe Ksiazek) LYON (AFP) – Martin Scorsese is planning a fresh chapter in his four-decade partnership with Robert De Niro with a new movie called “The Irishman”, the veteran US director said Friday. The pair have collaborated since the early 1970s on some of Hollywood’s best-loved and most influential movies, including “Goodfellas” and “Raging Bull”, which won De Niro his second best actor Oscar. Speaking at the Lumiere film festival in the eastern French city of Lyon, 72-year-old Scorsese confirmed they were planning to team up again for their first feature-length film since gangster and gambling epic “Casino” in 1995. “It’s a film called ‘The Irishman’ — we’re still working on all the details,” Scorsese said. “Bob and I are trying to work on our schedules and the finance.” But before starting work on the film he has two other projects in the works — [...]