In January 2013, Martin Scorsese assembled the cast of his projected next movie, titled The Irishman, for a read-through of the shooting script. Their names — De Niro, Pacino and Pesci – did not resonate as “Irish.” Moreover, the actors, all in their 70s, would play ages 30 to 80 with the help of newly developed…

EXCLUSIVE: Aisha Tyler has been set to direct Vigilante, a female-themed thriller scripted by Irwin Winkler and Jose Ruisanchez. Winkler, who has Creed II opening next week, will produce. Pic is described as a socially charged #MeToo era thriller that follows the journey of a young woman who, after suffering a brutal…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. With the Academy Award nominations in hand since Tuesday it is now time to move on in force to Phase II of awards season, That means the focus turns to the all-important guild ceremonies which begin in earnest tonight with the ACE Eddies for editing…

Following a screening of The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988, New York City's Archbishop Paul Moore Jr. sent a copy of Shûsaku Endô’s 1966 novel Silence to Martin Scorsese. The novel followed two Portuguese Jesuit priests who journey to Japan in 1639 to find their mentor, who has committed apostasy, and wind up…

The American Cinematheque said today that it will hold a three-day tribute to producer Irwin Winkler from December 1-3. Highlights include “A Conversation with Irwin Winkler & Martin Scorsese” at the Egyptian Theatre on December 3 along with screenings of Winkler’s films Goodfellas (1990), Raging Bull (1980) and New Yo…

Irwin Winkler will be honored with the Producers Guild of America’s 2017 David O. Selznick Achievement Award, the PGA announced today. The award recognizes a body of work that includes such modern classics as Raging Bull, Goodfellas and the Oscar-winning Rocky. "I am honored to receive what is truly the trifecta of…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films and mega-producer Irwin Winkler are reteaming to develop a feature film based on the Dwayne J Clark’s book My Mother, My Son. Oscar winner Winkler (Rocky, Raging Bull) will co-write and direct the drama based on the 2012 memoir centering on Clark, an entrepreneur in the senior…

More than months after Goodfellas producer Irwin Winkler took a legal hit of sorts out on Warner Bros for breach of contract, fraud and more, the two sides have settled the $18 million "studio accounting on steroids" case. "This lawsuit was based on a misunderstanding, which I am happy to say has been resolved,&#8221…

Bert Fields said he might do it and the Hollywood superlawyer has now hit Warner Bros with an $18 million and more breach of contract and fraud complaint over the classic Martin Scorsese directed film. Literally 25-years to the day that Goodfellas was released, Fields filed paperwork in L.A. Superior Court yesterday…

Discovery Communications has picked up The Five Families, a scripted series from Irwin Winkler and Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas). Written by Pileggi, the project is based on the real figures and actual events in the history of the famed five organized crime families of New York: Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese, Bonanno…

Doing something he says he has never done in his entire career, director Martin Scorsese has come to Cannes to personally sell a film to foreign buyers. But it is not just any film but rather a passion project called Silence he has been hoping to bring to the screen for 23 years. The adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel…

Winkler Films has optioned rights to the novel The Empty Glass, written by J. I. Baker, who will also adapt the screenplay. Irwin Winkler and David Winkler are producing a film that weaves together historical events with infamous conspiracy theories regarding Marilyn Monroe’s untimely death. The paranoid thriller is…