Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, gets a release date

Martin Scorsese's eighth collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon, is set to be a rather special film. For starters, it will be the 79-year-old filmmaker's maiden attempt at the Western genre and to top things off, the cast of this exciting project also includes Robert De Niro, another of Scorsese's famous collaborators on iconic films like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Casino and more recent The Irish Man.

Killers of the Flower Moon will also bring DiCaprio and De Niro back together on the screen for a full-length feature after a gap of 27 years. The two stalwarts first shared screen space exactly 30 years in Michael Caton-Jones' This Boy's Life and reunited four years later for Jerry Zaks' drama Marvin's Room. Martin Scorsese, many years later, managed to bring them together in the same film but for a 16-minute short film titled The Audition.

Coming back to Killers of the Flower Moon, the latest reports reveal that the historical drama will open this October in theatres and is set to premiere later on a digital platform. The film will have a limited theatrical release starting October 6 before getting a widespread release on October 20, 2023.

Apple Original Films, which has previously backed projects like Greyhound, The Tragedy of Macbeth and Emancipation, is producing Killers of the Flower Moon which will then debut on Apple TV+ at a later, unspecified date. Paramount Pictures is said to be partnering with Apple Original Films for the theatrical distribution of the film.

Based on David Grann’s best-selling book of the same name, Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the real-life serial murders of members of Native Americans "after oil was discovered on their land". Much of the film is centred on the FBI investigation that ensued soon after, with characters played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, John Lithgow and Academy Award winner (for The Whale) Brendan Fraser.

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Scorsese's trusted associates, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, return with Robbie Robertson scoring the music.