Scorsese's New Film Explores Faith and Jesus with Pope Meeting

Martin Scorsese, the iconic filmmaker behind hits like Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, The Departed, and The Irishman, is set to take on a new project about Jesus Christ. After premiering his latest film, Killers of the Flower Moon, at Cannes, Scorsese attended the "Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination" conference in Rome, where he reportedly shared his plans for this upcoming project. According to Variety, the director recently had a private audience with Pope Francis alongside his wife, further suggesting that the film is officially in the works.

I have answered the call of the Pope to artists by utilizing my creative skills to come up with a screenplay for a movie about Jesus. As a matter of fact, I am all set to begin its production.

If Martin Scorsese does end up making a movie about Jesus, it wouldn't be his first venture into religious themes in filmmaking. In fact, he delved into the subject matter early on in his career with the 1967 film, Who's That Knocking at My Door, which follows a New Yorker grappling with his Catholic upbringing after falling for a local girl who has a troublesome past. Scorsese also tackled religion head-on in his 1988 film, The Last Temptation of Christ, which starred Willem Dafoe as Jesus.

Scorsese's recent work has delved into a range of thought-provoking subjects. The Irishman takes on themes of mortality through a conventional gangster narrative, while Killers of the Flower Moon covers significant historical events. Despite being 80 years old, Scorsese shows no signs of slowing down, and it remains to be seen what he will explore in his next project, which is expected to commence production in the near future.

Source: Variety