Nightmare Alley
Guillermo del Toro’sNightmare Alley , base on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham , may have found its leading military personnel in Leonardo DiCaprio . The Academy Award - winning actor is currently in talks to star in the output , with del Toro attach to direct .
The original 1947Nightmare Alleyfilm was a big budget noir pic that center on the rising slope and fall of a young con man , Stanton " The Great Stanton " Carlisle ( originally play by Tyrone Powers ) , as he tried to make a calling as a fair swindler and bastard psychic who preyed on psychiatric affected role . The film was an adaptation based on William Lindsay Grisham ’s novel of the same name that came out in 1946 . The film hand will be compose by del Toro and Kim Morgan . This will be del Toro ’s first time maneuver a feature since his Oscar win for 2017’sThe Shape of Water .
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Varietyreports that DiCaprio is in negotiations to head del Toro ’s take on the source material . The project will be produced by del Toro , J. Miles Davis , and TSG Entertainment and distributed by Fox Searchlight . It ’s schedule to begin shooting this declivity , after del Toro has stop assembling his hurl . There ’s no word yet whether or not DiCaprio would play a verbatim update of Powers ’s version of Stanton as a carnival barker , or if there will be a more modernised take on the character .
DiCaprio has not starred in a major film since his Oscar - winning good turn as Hugh Glass in 2015’sThe Revenant . That role set ashore him his first Academy Award , and he ’s since beenbusy developing projects . His next onscreen purpose will be in the Quentin Tarantino 1960s full point pieceOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood . There ’s also a chance that audiences will see him inMartin Scorsese’snext film , Killers of the Flower Moon , before they see him inNightmare Alley . At the same time , del Toro ’s focus has been on his Dreamworks revivify series , Trollhuntersand3Below , and astop - move retellingofPinocchioscheduled for a Netflix release in 2021 . He wait on as writer , director , and producer for all three projection .
DiCaprio and del Toro are both very careful when choosing what films to take on , specially since their respective Oscar wins . If DiCaprio does ultimately sign on as the film ’s jumper cable , it ’ll undoubtedly draw in a gravid syndicate of high-pitched caliber actors . Because the book is still being write , upstanding entropy about the project is scarce . However , with program to being filming in drop , cast announcements are expected within the next few month . For now , the chance of the two Oscar winners teaming up forNightmare Alleywill in all probability keep fans rum and hopeful for del Toro ’s return .
Update ( 11AM EST , April 24 ): Updated place to clarify that del Toro ’s Nightmare Alley is not a remaking of the 1947 film but a new adaptation of the 1946 novel .
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