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Martin Scorsese Was Writing ‘Flower Moon’ for Two Years When DiCaprio Asked for Script Overhaul, Says ‘Midsommar’ and ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Inspired Pacing: ‘Going a ...

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have been quite open in interviews when discussing the massive “Killers of the Flower Moon” script overhaul that took place during the film’s development. In a ...
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Leonardo DiCaprio Says ‘Flower Moon’ Script From FBI’s POV Got Axed Because It Didn’t ‘Get to the Heart’ of the Story: ‘We Weren’t Immersed in the Osage’

Leonardo DiCaprio finally weighed in on the massive “Killers of the Flower Moon” rewrite that changed the direction of Martin Scorsese’s latest historical epic. The script originally centered on FBI ...
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Martin Scorsese’s Axed ‘Flower Moon’ Script Was Over 200 Pages Long and ‘Was Going to Take Four-and-a-Half Hours Just to Read’

The version of “Killers of the Flower Moon” that is opening in theaters this weekend is far different from the “Killers of the Flower Moon” that director Martin Scorsese first attempted to bring to ...
Variety

Martin Scorsese Recalls Paramount Backing Out of ‘Flower Moon’ After Script Change, Says DiCaprio’s Improv Caused Some Eye Rolls: ‘You Don’t Need That Dialogue’

In a new interview with the WSJ Magazine, Martin Scorsese recalled Paramount Pictures execs telling him point blank they would not be backing the overhauled script for “Killers of the Flower Moon.” ...
IndieWire

Martin Scorsese on Scrapping the Original ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Script: ‘It’s Not a Whodunnit, It’s Who Didn’t Do It’

At his Cannes press conference, the director recalled the moment when he and Leonardo DiCaprio knew the film had to shift its focus from the FBI to the Osage people. Speaking to the press following ...
IndieWire

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Writer Says Arguments with Leonardo DiCaprio Forced Script Changes

Roth says filming is eyeing a March 2021 start, exactly one year after cameras were originally supposed to begin rolling. “I spent four or five years on this book, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ which ...