Apple reaches deal for upcoming Martin Scorsese film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro - 9to5Mac

According to a new report from Deadline this evening, Apple has reached a deal with Paramount to help finance Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon adaptation.

Once Scorsese and DiCaprio’s manager Rick Yorn got the go-ahead to shop the film around, Netflix, Apple, Universal, MGM, and others started chasing it, but the deal is nearing completion with Apple.

The report explains that Apple will help finance the film and serve as its creative studio.

The deal, which calls for Apple to finance and become the creative studio, gives the movie a hybrid situation and the best of both worlds.

This time around, Apple appears to have reached the deal with Paramount instead of Netflix?

As we explained in April, this could be because Apple TV+ has generally been more open to premiering films in theaters first, whereas Netflix generally wants all originals debuted first on its streaming service

This will mark the second major feature film deal for Apple TV+ recently