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20th Century Lands Martin Scorsese’s Hawaii Thriller With Dwayne Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt


Disney's 20th Century Studios has landed Martin Scorsese's Hawaii-set crime thriller starring Dwayne Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt.

Disney’s 20th Century Studios is saying “aloha” to Martin Scorsese ‘s Hawaii-set crime thriller starring Dwayne Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt(with whom the concept and film idea originated). Journalist and author Nick Bilton will pen the script for the film, which will be based on a forthcoming book he’s co-authored with Johnson. “In 1960s and ’70s Hawaii, a formidable and charismatic mob boss rises to build the islands’ most powerful criminal empire, waging a brutal war against mainland corporations and rival syndicates while fighting to preserve his ancestral land,” the film’s official logline reads.

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