Martin Scorsese’s untitled, Hawaiian-set crime drama is saying “Aloha” to 20th Century Studios, which has landed the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt already attached. The film will have a script by Nick Bilton, based on an idea by Blunt.
The official synopsis reads: “In 1960s and ’70s Hawaii, a formidable and charismatic mob boss rises to build the islands’ most powerful criminal empire, waging a brutal war against mainland corporations and rival syndicates while fighting to preserve his ancestral land. Based on the untold true story of a man who fought to preserve his homeland through a ruthless quest for absolute power — igniting the last great American mob saga, where the war for cultural survival takes place in the unlikeliest of places: paradise.”
Scorsese (for his Sikelia Productions), Johnson (for his Seven Bucks Productions), DiCaprio (for his Appian Way Productions) and Blunt (for her Ledbury Productions…
