Upcoming Film Preview: Shutter Island

Upcoming Film Preview: Shutter Island
Directed By: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max Von Sydow
Country: USA
Release Date: Feb. 19, 2010
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Plot Synopsis: (from IMDb) It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals "escape" in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own sanity.

Now, we're talking about a Scorsese film here, so color me interested to begin with. We're talking about a Scorsese film with horror elements and I'm all over this bitch. Did I mention that Jackie Earle Haley also has a role? Yeah. It just keeps getting better and better. I will say that when I first saw the trailer, I didn't exactly jump out of my seat, but knowing Marty's work I'm not too worried that we're in for disappointment.

Scorsese/Sinatra

Reports are coming from everywhere that ol' Marty Scorsese is getting ready to film a biopic on The Chairman of the Board, from a screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson (Sneakers, Field of Dreams). How cool is that? I have to wonder how far Scorsese and Robinson decide to take this thing, does he go all the way through his entire life? There's surely no shortage of material, the man lived enough for two people. Six hour opus anyone?

Most sights are reporting that Scorsese wants to use his new DeNiro, Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead. This is a good move to me, I think Leo is pretty much perfect for the role. However, Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Universal, the studio in charge of production, are eyeing former 21 Jump Street star Johnny Depp to play Sinatra. They both seem like good candidates, my preference of the two is Leo, but Depp ain't exactly the worst choice. He has shown some major chops in the past, if he turned in a performance anywhere near as stellar as he did in Ed Wood, I would be happy. So, fair reader, who would you choose to play Sinatra in a biopic?