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Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, William Monahan Reteam for a Remake of ‘The Gambler’

Here’s a triple threat: The very busy Martin Scorsese (he just finished his first family film, ‘Hugo,’ which will hit theaters this Thanksgiving; he’s putting the finishing touches on ‘George Harrison: Living in the Material World’; he’s getting ready for an adaptation of the Shusaku Endo novel ‘Silence’; and there may be a ‘Sinatra’ in his future) has signed on to Paramount’s remake of ‘The Gambler,’ a 1974 film starring James Caan. And who should be attached to star in the redo? Continue reading