Martin Scorsese Helming Sinatra Biopic
Saturday, May 16th, 2009Martin Scorsese will be directing a Frank Sinatra biopic, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Universal announced that they have a script from “Field Of Dreams” writer Phil Alden Robinson and have reached an agreement with Frank Sinatra Enterprises, a joint venture of the late Sinatra’s estate and Warner Music Group. Internal conflict within the Sinatra family estate over how the life story of legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra, who died in 1998 was what has held up any project beforehand, as well as merchandising rights issues, though those all have been resolved according to the Sinatra estate. “Sinatra” will also allow Scorsese to tackle the life of Sinatra’s good lifelong…







