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Martin Scorsese’s past few days have been quiet on the tabloid front but very loud in terms of long term legacy. The biggest ongoing story, still echoing across the film world, is his next feature. According to The Independent and Deadline, Scorsese has officially committed to direct What Happens at Night, a psychological ghost story adapted from Peter Cameron’s novel, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence set to star and production scheduled to begin in January 2026. The Independent notes this is his seventh collaboration with DiCaprio and his first time directing Lawrence, a late career pairing that could define his final filmmaking chapter. Industry sites like World of Reel emphasize that he chose this eerie, intimate project over a crowded slate that included The Wager, a Sinatra biopic, and an adaptation of A Life of Jesus, underlining his continued obsession with faith, guilt, and moral ambiguity rather than safe prestige fare.
In the news cycle, several outlets including the Los Angeles Magazine site and AOL’s entertainment feed have re-upped this casting and start date as awards chatter around DiCaprio’s current film One Battle After Another heats up, frequently tying that momentum to expectations for Scorsese’s ghost story. These pieces generally stress that, at 82, he is not slowing down, recalling his 2024 comment that he is not saying goodbye to cinema and still has more films to make.
On the cultural front, his classic Taxi Driver is back in the headlines in a smaller but symbolically telling way. MovieWeb reports that the film is scheduled to leave Netflix in January 2026, prompting a new round of think pieces about its influence and reminding a younger streaming audience that Scorsese’s back catalogue remains a living, shifting presence in the digital era. Meanwhile, film education events, such as a City of Tampa workshop on cinematography, continue to namecheck Scorsese alongside Kubrick, Kurosawa, Spielberg, and Hitchcock, reinforcing his status as a permanent fixture in the cinematic canon rather than just a working director with a new movie on the way.
There have been no major verified new scandals, health scares, or surprise public appearances reported in the last 24 hours; any social media chatter beyond these project updates tends to be speculation or fan rumor and not supported by reputable outlets.
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