Clayton Davis Apple’s hughly anticipated “Killers of the Flower Moon” from Martin Scorsese won’t be coming this Oscar season.
The Western drama, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jesse Plemons, will instead be released in its originally intended 2023 calendar year.Written by Eric Roth and adapted from the best-selling novel “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann, the film had been originally slated for 2023 by Apple.
Discussions between the filmmaker and the studio over bumping up the film’s release to 2022 took place after Will Smith’s actions at the Oscars earlier this year changed Apple’s release strategy for its Smith-starring slavery drama “Emancipation.” Scorsese is known for his arduous editing process with his frequent collaborator Thelma Schoonmaker.
Despite wrapping in September 2021, the $200 million “Killers of the Floower Moon” won’t be ready in time for this Oscar season.
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