Martin Scorsese Wants Al Pacino And Robert De Niro For His Sinatra Biopic?

George Merchan, Joblo
Wed, 05/26/2010 - 4:02am

Martin Scorsese continues to talk up his SINATRA biopic. The last time he talked about the project, the legendary filmmaker gave us a bit of interesting insight as to how he might approach the film. Here's what he said: "...like The Aviator, it only deals with certain times in his life.

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