Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence teaming on ghost story for Apple, Studiocanal

Martin Scorsese is reported to be reuniting with Leonardo DiCaprio alongside Jennifer Lawrence on the ghost story What Happens At Night, with Apple in talks to produce and finance with Studiocanal.

The parties are eying a January production start on the story based on a screenplay Patrick Marber wrote and developed for Studiocanal, adapted from the novel by Peter Cameron.

What Happens At Night centres on a couple who visit a snowbound European town in the hopes of adopting a baby and check into a strange hotel where they meet bizarre characters and realise how little they know about themselves.

Scorsese directed DiCaprio in Killers Of The Flower Moon for Apple Original Films and the pair have collaborated on many features, among them The Aviator and Shutter Island.

Apple has first-look deals with Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions and DiCaprio’s Appian Way.

DiCaprio stars in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another at Warner Bros, which opens next week and has garnered rave reviews heading into awards season.

Lawrence stars in Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love, which premiered in Cannes Competition and was snapped up by Mubi for North America and multiple territories.

Apple had not responded to requests for a comment at time of writing.

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