See new images of Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon
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Up until this point, so little has been known about Killers of the Flower Moon. Aside from the fact that it's based on New Yorker writer David Grann's true-crime book of the same name, Martin Scorsese's next film has been shrouded in mystery. We knew it had a starry cast (including Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, and Lily Gladstone) but until this week, only one image from the film had even been released.
But now you can check out new images from Killers of the Flower Moon, which were released on Thursday timed to Paramount Pictures' panel at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. They feature De Niro as antagonist William Hale, with DiCaprio playing his nephew Ernest Buckhart. Gladstone plays Ernest's wife Mollie Buckhart, one of the Osage people.
"I couldn't have made this picture without collaborators who are remarkable and were totally dedicated to bringing this story to life on an epic scale," Scorsese said during a presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday. "So I needed actors who are really brave enough to play very complicated central characters, extremely complicated, and I turned to a remarkable young actress named Lily Gladstone" and "a few guys I've worked with on a few other occasions," he joked of DiCaprio and De Niro.
As told by Grann, the true story behind Killers of the Flower Moon is about how the Osage people in Oklahoma got rich in the '20s after oil was discovered on their ancestral land. This newfound wealth was coveted by white neighbors like Hale, who resorted to murdering them for it. Lawman Tom White's investigation into the murders helped kickstart the then-fledgling Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Plemons will play White, though the role was originally intended for DiCaprio. We still haven't gotten a look at his character yet, though CinemaCon attendees were treated to a sneak peek of footage that included shots of dead bodies and a graveyard, as well as intimate moments between DiCaprio and Gladstone's characters.
Killers of the Flower Moon is set to hit theaters on Oct. 6 before streaming on AppleTV+. Check out the new images above.
Additional reporting by Lauren Huff.
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