For several years now Martin Scorsese has been slowly putting together a biopic of Frank Sinatra. That project is now moving on again, as screenwriter Billy Ray (The Hunger Games) has signed on to rewrite the script for the Universal Pictures movie.
The first news on the project came back in May 2009, when Phil Alden Robinson (Field Of Dream) was attached to write the screenplay, after producers Peter Guber and Cathy Schulman secured the life and music rights from Frank Sinatra Enterprises. The story will follow the crooner from his upbringing in Hoboken, New Jersey to his career in Hollywood where he sold millions of records as a singer and won an Oscar in 1953 for his role in From Here to Eternity.
Martin Scorsese is currently directing The Wolf of Wall Street, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The filmmaker hasn’t officially committed to his next directorial project yet, although this could be next if the script comes together. (Source: Deadline)