The Rock, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt Could Star In Hawaii-Set Crime Film From Martin Scorsese

Deadline reports that a pitch for a new crime drama from Martin Scorsese could star The Rock, Leonardo Dicaprio and Emily Blunt. The concept is being described as Robert De Niro’s character from Goodfellas as a “ruthless Hawaiian crime boss”, based on a real person, who fights others for control of the organized crime in Hawaii. It will be written by Nick Bilton.

Here’s a synopsis: 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.

It will be producd by Scorsese, Johnson, Blunt, DiCaprio, Bilton, Dany Garcia, Lisa Frechette and Rick Yorn. Rock and Blunt took the idea to Scorsese and DiCaprio and they all hired Bilton. The writing process will begin once the film is set up. There are multiple bids either ready or being put together.