The director Sikelia Productions will develop projects for the streaming service.
Martin Scorsese formalizes his relationship with Apple.
Oscar-winning director and producer Sikelia Productions has signed a first-look film and TV deal with the tech giant. Under the multi-year deal, Scorsese will develop film and TV projects for Apple’s TV + streaming platform.
The deal comes as Scorsese works on feature films Killers of the Flower Moon, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, for Apple. It’s its second straight feature made for a streaming outlet, following The Irish on Netflix.
Scorsese formed Sikelia Productions in 2003 and the company has since produced all of the author’s projects, including features The Irishman, Silence, The Wolf of Wall Street en The offender, documentaries The 50 year argument en A light shines, and HBO series Boardwalk Empire en Vinyl, among others.
Apple has made deals with a number of studios and production companies, including DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson’s Appian Way, Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures, Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions and A24 and Imagine Documentaries. The tech giant also has the content of kids with Sesame Workshop and Peanuts.
While growing its streaming business, Apple has also signed individual deals with the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Alfonso Cuarón, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Justin Lin, The Morning Show‘s Kerry Ehrin, Little America‘s Lee Eisenberg and Sharon Horgan.
Scorsese is reprized by LBI Entertainment and WME.
