Liam Neeson joins the cast of Scorsese’s ‘Silence’

Liam Neeson has joined the cast of Martin Scorsese’s Silence, Deadline reports. Neeson will star opposite Andrew Garfield and Ken Watanabe in the 17th century set tale, concerning the attempts by Jesuits to bring Christianity to Japan. The film will be Scorsese’s follow-up to the debauched – and deliriously unchristian – Oscar nominee The Wolf of Wall Street. It […]

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Andrew Garfield signs on for Scorsese’s Silence

It’s all system’s go on Martin Scorsese’s long gestating passion project Silence, as Variety reports Andrew Garfield has been signed for the leading role. Garfield will star as a young Portuguese Jesuit who is sent to Japan in 1638; a time when Christian missionaries were being persecuted in the region. Legendary Japanese actor Ken Watanabe […]

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Martin Scorsese set to shoot Silence in 2014

Martin Scorsese is finally set to take on Silence, a project that has been on his slate since 1991. According to Deadline, Scorsese is looking to shoot the adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel in July of 2014. That shoot date will depend on how quickly a cast comes together. Daniel Day-Lewis, Benicio Del Toro, and Gael Garcia […]

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Martin Scorsese’s people respond to Silence lawsuit

Last week, Cecchi Gori Pictures filed a lawsuit against Martin Scorsese for failing to make for them the long-gestating Silence within a reasonable time-frame. Scorsese’s people have hit back at the suit, responding with the legal equivalent of “You talkin’ to me?” (Documented by Deadline…) “It is shocking to us that the lawyers for Cecchi Gori Pictures would file […]

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