Apple TV+ has a strong lineup of fall film debuts on the way, but a new report indicates the streamer is about to land one of its biggest movies yet: a new Martin Scorsese film with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence starring.
Martin Scorsese’s next film, What Happens at Night, will star Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio
After years of mixed successes and failures, Apple seems to be finally hitting its stride with original movies.
This fall alone, Apple TV+ has already premiered the Denzel Washington-starring Highest 2 Lowest, it has Matthew McConaughey’s The Lost Bus coming soon, and the streaming debut of F1 The Movie is highly anticipated too.
A new Deadline report indicates Apple is about to land one of its biggest films yet:
Director Martin Scorsese has committed to his next film, and he’s got Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as his leads. They’re eyeing a January start for an adaptation of the ghost story novel What Happens at Night. Deadline hears that Apple Original Films is negotiating to finance and produce with Studiocanal, which has developed the script.
The novel, What Happens at Night, was written by Peter Cameron. And it seems like a lock to be one of Apple’s few big theatrical movies in the next year or two.
Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jennifer Lawrence make for a powerful trio. And the more mass-market friendly story, combined with Lawrence’s presence, could lend itself to a much broader audience appeal than Scorsese and DiCaprio’s last Apple film: the excellent Killers of the Flower Moon.
Here’s an overview of the plot for the new film:
The dream-like story follows a married American couple who travel to a small, snowy European town to adopt a baby. They check into a cavernous, largely deserted hotel where they encounter an enigmatic cast of characters including a flamboyant chanteuse, a depraved businessman and a charismatic faith healer. Nothing is quite as it seems in this strange, frozen world. As the couple struggle to claim their baby, the less they seem to know about themselves and the life they’ve built together.
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