SCORSESE AND DE NIRO PLANNING TAXI DRIVER SEQUEL?
MARTIN SCORSESE and ROBERT DE NIRO are planning a sequel to their hit 197= 6 movie TAXI DRIVER, according to industry gossip at the Berlin Internati= onal Film Festival.
The new movie is rumoured to be a collaboration between Scorsese and Da= nish director Lars Von Trier, and will see De Niro reprise his role as tr= oubled New York taxi driver Travis Bickle.
Von Trier and Scorsese, whose new movie Shutter Island premiered at the= German festival on Saturday (13Feb10), have yet to confirm any plans.
But the rumours have been fuelled by Von Trier’s production partner Pet= er Aalbaek, who has revealed an announcement about the project will be ma= de shortly.
Meanwhile, Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader has provided some ins= ight into the rumoured sequel’s plot, revealing Scorsese has been conside= ring a follow-up film for years.
Schrader tells the New York Post, "I was talking with Martin Scorsese a= bout doing a sequel to Taxi Driver, where (Travis Bickle) is older." (IG/=
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