Martin Scorsese, 80, announces new film about Jesus after meeting Pope Francis during a visit to the Vatican

[Michie]

Martin Scorsese has announced a new project centered around Jesus after having a private audience with Pope Francis during a visit to the Vatican in Rome on Saturday.

The Academy Award winner, 80, whose latest film Killers Of The Flower Moon received a nine-minute standing ovation at Cannes, also spoke during a conference at the Vatican called The Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination.

The Hollywood director, along with his wife of over twenty years, Helen Morris, had the chance to meet with the pope, who recently took a day off due to a fever amid health fears.

Afterwards, the filmmaker sat down for a conference where he revealed plans to create a movie about Jesus, reported Variety.

'I have responded to the Pope’s appeal to artists in the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus,' he explained, adding, 'And I’m about to start making it.

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Martin Scorsese announces film about Jesus after meeting Pope Francis

Martin Scorsese, 80, announced his new project that will be centered around Jesus after having a meeting with Pope Francis, 86, during a visit to the Vatican in Rome on Saturday.

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[JimR-OCDS]

Could be overkill.

Between The Chosen Series, which is excellent and now
Mel Gibson is coming out with a sequel to The Passion, another movie
about Jesus may turn people away.

 

[mourningdove~]

From the article:
'There are many pathways, and I think that the one you choose depends on what culture you’re a part of. My way has been, and is, Catholicism,' he added, but later revealed that he was not a church goer.


I do not think I will be very interested in his movie.

I am very careful about what 'interpretations' of Jesus I watch ...

While we cannot expect them all to be Biblically accurate, Jesus ... Christianity ... can easily be 'misrepresented' in film ...
sometimes obviously, but also sometimes very subtly ...

I love religious movies ... but I'm discerning about it.

(Very much looking forward to Mel Gibson's sequel to The Passion.)

 

[RileyG]

I sincerely hope he is reunited in the faith before his death.

 

[RileyG]

Could be overkill.

Between The Chosen Series, which is excellent and now
Mel Gibson is coming out with a sequel to The Passion, another movie
about Jesus may turn people away.

I agree

 

[Gnarwhal]

I like Scorsese and hope that the outcome is actually his conversion, but forgive me if for now I'm skeptical and concerned that he won't handle the subject matter appropriately.

 

[Michie]

I like Scorsese and hope that the outcome is actually his conversion, but forgive me if for now I'm skeptical and concerned that he won't handle the subject matter appropriately.

My thoughts ran immediately to The Last Temptation of Christ.

 

[Gnarwhal]

My thoughts ran immediately to The Last Temptation of Christ.

As they should. Scorsese is just another, among very many, people who call themselves Catholics and use the label as a shield to blaspheme until the cows come home. Most other celebrities as well as our liberal elected officials come to mind as well (as well as plenty of so-called conservatives).

 

[RileyG]

As they should. Scorsese is just another, among very many, people who call themselves Catholics and use the label as a shield to blaspheme until the cows come home. Most other celebrities as well as our liberal elected officials come to mind as well (as well as plenty of so-called conservatives).

I agree. You are absolutely right.

 

[Michie]

I agree. You are absolutely right.

We’ll see. I’m hoping we’ll be pleasantly surprised. Scorsese may delve a bit deeper given his age.