Martin Scorsese might make a film adaptation of Marilynne Robinson’s Home before doing his The Life of Jesus movie.
Following the release of 2023’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Scorsese has announced a handful of new projects he either intends or hopes to make. One of these projects is a film adaptation of Robinson’s Home, which was originally published in 2008. Another is a movie about the life and times of Jesus Christ, which is an adaptation of a 1973 novel by Shūsaku Endō.
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Speaking with The Associated Press, Scorsese was asked if he intended for the Jesus movie to be his next film.
“It’s an option but I’m still working on it. There’s a very strong possibility of me doing a film version of Marilynne Robinson’s Home, but that’s a scheduling issue,” he said. “There’s also a possibility of me going back and dealing with the stories from my mother and father from the past and how they grew up. Stories about immigrants which tied into my trip to Sicily. Right now, there’s been a long period after Killers of the Flower Moon. Even though I don’t like getting up early, I’d like to shoot a movie right now. Time is going. I’ll be 82. Gotta go.”
When asked what is guiding him when choosing his next project, Scorsese said, “You’re guided by: Is it worth doing at this late stage in your life? Can you make it through? Is it worth your time? Because now, the most valuable thing aside from the people I love, my family, is time. That’s all there is.”
“Glory Boughton, aged thirty-eight, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Soon her brother, Jack―the prodigal son of the family, gone for twenty years―comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with tormenting trouble and pain. Jack is one of the great characters in recent literature,” a description of Robinson’s novel reads. “A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold a job, he is perpetually at odds with his surroundings and with his traditionalist father, though he remains Boughton’s most beloved child. Brilliant, lovable, and wayward, Jack forges an intense bond with Glory and engages painfully with Ames, his godfather and namesake.”
