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Fans Demand Keanu Reeves Play Jesus in New Martin Scorsese Movie

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese spoke about his upcoming project

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Martin Scorsese, the acclaimed Oscar-winning director, with his last film Killers of the Flower Moon once again mesmerized audiences  And, Scorsese is already ready with his vision for his next project, and this time, it’s an exploration of spirituality.

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Martin Scorsese | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

His next film would be based on Shūsaku Endō’s book A Life of Jesus. The screenplay is already completed. And as Scorsese’s upcoming Jesus-centered film is in the news, fans are speculating with excitement about who should play the role.

Martin Scorsese is Ready with His Next Project A Life of Jesus

In a new interview with The Los Angeles Times, renowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese spoke about his upcoming project and revealed that he has co-written the adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s A Life of Jesus with Kent Jones. According to the L.A. Times, Scorsese “plans to shoot it later this year” in 2024.

Martin Scorsese in Killers of the Flower Moon

The Killers of the Flower Moon director, who is known for his lengthy movies this time, intends to make this film in 80 minutes. According to The Los Angeles Times, it will largely be set in the present day and focus “on Jesus’ core teachings in a way that explores the principles but doesn’t proselytize.”

“I’m trying to find a new way to make it more accessible and take away the negative onus of what has been associated with organized religion,” Scorsese said about the movie.

In May 2023, Scorsese mentioned that he was making a new movie about Jesus Christ following his visit to meet Pope Francis and his wife Helen Morris at the Vatican.

In October 2023, Scorsese told Sight and Sound:

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It’s kind of a film, but it wouldn’t be a straight narrative, it wouldn’t be a documentary, it’d be a combination of things,” he said at the time. “And I think it may have to go back to Shūsaku Endō and his Life of Jesus, which I found to be interesting because it takes Jesus as a… figure of thinking, and a question of Jesus from a point of view that’s not Western. And so I’m finding that comfortable in a way. And I’m wondering how I can pull some of my questions over the years and thoughts and attempts together and make it some kind of a film. And so, during this period, I’m working on that myself.

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Earlier, Scorsese adapted Shūsaku Endō’s 1966 novel Silence into a film in 2016 starring Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver.

Fans Pick Their Choice For the Role 

As Scorsese sat with The Los Angeles Times to talk about his next movie, fans seemed to be excited and at the same time thinking about the length of the movie, which is so unlike Scorsese! Along with that, fans are coming up with their favorites to portray the character. And one of them is Keanu Reeves.

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Ohhh? I’d be curious to see

— Dasha 😊 (@hfhjxl) January 8, 2024

80 minutes? That’s REALLY short for a Scorsese film

— The Horror Wombat (@thehorrorwombat) January 8, 2024

Jeez please cast Keanu Reeves pic.twitter.com/JV4dRj5KKA

— BOBBEY (@CalIMeDon) January 8, 2024

Interesting…

— ALL IN ON CRYPTO (@aesagt) January 8, 2024

Whatever Martin makes, I watch. Simple!

— Vidy (@whyVidwhy) January 8, 2024

Keanu Reeves in John Wick

Only time will tell who gets the opportunity to play the lead role as, till now, nothing has been confirmed apart from the fact that the script is almost finished.

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