The primary trailer for Martin Scorsese’s extremely anticipated crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon has arrived teasing a narrative of greed and demise.
The 1920-set adaptation of David Grann’s non-fiction hit stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone as a pair in the midst of a homicide investigation involving the deaths of members of the Osage tribe in Oklahoma.
It marks the seventh collaboration between DiCaprio and Scorsese. “What’s nice about Leo, and it’s why we work collectively so usually, is, he goes there,” Scorsese mentioned of the actor in a recent interview. “He goes to those bizarre locations which can be so tough and convoluted, and thru the convolution, someway there’s a readability that we attain. And often it’s within the expression, in his face, in his eyes. I’ve all the time advised him this. He’s a pure movie actor.”
The 156-minute movie additionally stars Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, John Lithgow and up to date finest actor Oscar winner Brendan Fraser.
The Guardian’s Ed Vulliamy called Grann’s e-book a “well timed and disturbing” have a look at an instance of white genocide in opposition to Native individuals.
In an interview earlier this yr, Grann expressed admiration for the manufacturing. “I used to be actually struck by the extent of care, each in growing the story and the extent of analysis,” he mentioned whereas referring to it as a “trustworthy and delicate” adaptation.
Carrying a funds of $200m, the Apple-funded film marks the tech streamer’s most costly wager so far. The corporate has teamed up with Paramount to provide the movie a large theatrical launch earlier than heading to Apple TV+. “The chance is there, displaying in a theater within the first place,” Scorsese mentioned. “However the threat for this material, after which for working time. It’s a dedication.”
Tweeting the trailer out right this moment, DiCaprio wrote: “It’s a mission I’m pleased with & I can’t wait to share it with you all.”
Subsequent week the movie may have its world premiere on the Cannes movie competition alongside new movies from Wes Anderson and Jonathan Glazer.
It can open in cinemas on 6 October.
