On Wednesday, July 31, the wait was finally over as we got our first look at Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman. The first trailer dropped on Wednesday with the film set to drop this fall on Netflix and in select theaters. The first look at the film will come at the New York Film Festival in September.
The Irishman features a star-studded cast with actors like Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci.
From The Hollywood Reporter:
The biographical movie stars Robert De Niro, 75, as Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, a labor union leader and alleged hitman for the Bufalino crime family, and Al Pacino, 79, as union activist Jimmy Hoffa. Both actors appear at different ages spanning decades, which is accomplished with VFX and makeup. But it’s the digital de-aging work, which is being handled by Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic, that has already been the focus of much curiosity.
According to Deadline.com, The Irishman “tells the story of Frank Sheeran, who admitted killing 25 men for the mob, including his friend, the Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. Pesci plays Pennsylvania mob boss Russell Bufalino (who according to Sheeran’s testimony ordered the hit), Al Pacino plays Hoffa, and De Niro plays Sheeran.”
The film — which was written by Steven Zaillian — reportedly cost Netflix a whopping $125 million.
The Irishman was adapted by Charles Brandt’s 2003 book I Heard You Paint Houses.
You can check out the first trailer for the film below.
‘The Irishman’ Trailer
Synopsis (via YouTube): “Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci star in Martin Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN, an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th Century. Spanning decades, the film chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa, and offers a monumental journey through the hidden corridors of organized crime: its inner workings, rivalries and connections to mainstream politics.”
