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The Rock Confirms Role In Martin Scorsese’s Hawaiian-Set Crime Film
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has confirmed that he will be starring in Martin Scorsese’s crime movie set in Hawaii. It was reported late last month that Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt were being eyed to star in the film from the famed director, which is written by Nick Bilton and is about an organized crime battle for control in the island state.
Johnson posted to his Instagram account to confirm the news, writing:
“Grateful for what’s been the most creatively inspiring time of my career – working closely with my friends and of course, the maestro Marty Scorsese.
In the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s the mafia controlled New York, Miami, Chicago, Vegas, and a particularly strong hold on the island I was raised – Hawaii.
Much more to come.
Aloha nui loa”
The original report described the film as follows:
“The film focuses on a turbulent time on the island paradise when an aspiring mob boss battled rival crime factions to wrest control of the underworld of the Hawaiian islands. It was a bloody battle, the kind of terrain Scorsese covered in both Goodfellas and The Departed. In 1960s and 70s Hawaii, this formidable and charismatic mob boss rises to build the islands’ most powerful criminal empire, waging a brutal war against mainland corporations and rival syndicates while fighting to preserve his ancestral land. It’s based on the untold true story of a man who fought to preserve his homeland through a ruthless quest for absolute power — igniting the last great American mob saga, where the war for cultural survival takes place in the unlikeliest of places: paradise.
