Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ Gets A First Look

From Taxi Driver to Goodfellas, director Martin Scorsese‘s oeuvre is rife with crime-filled epics that, as a rule, characteristic the identical roster of actors. Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Joe Pesci are counted amongst this elite group, however amazingly, Al Pacino will not be — which is a incontrovertible fact that the upcoming Netflix drama The Irishman is ready to right. As thrilling as it will likely be to see De Niro and Pacino onscreen collectively once more, nonetheless, what everybody actually needs to see are the outcomes of the much-talked-about de-aging particular results.

So far, all audiences have seen of The Irishman is an early teaser that includes solely audio and an inventory of the actors’ names. (That, and a slowly falling shell casing from a fired bullet.) Thanks to the New York Film Festival’s announcement on Monday that the film’s world premiere would function its opening occasion in September, although, Netflix and Scorsese have been no less than keen sufficient to launch two first-look images. Both characteristic Pacino’s Jimmy Hoffa and De Niro’s Frank Sheeran, and each could or could not characteristic a few of that de-aging magic that Scorsese is so nervous about.