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Martin Scorsese Sets 'What Happens at Night' With Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence

Apple Original Films is in talks to join Studiocanal on Patrick Marber’s adaptation, which is aiming to start production in January 2026.

Overview

  • Scorsese has committed to direct the film after initially being attached only as a producer.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence are attached to star as a couple whose adoption trip unfolds in a remote, snowy European city.
  • Apple Original Films is negotiating to co‑finance and produce alongside Studiocanal, with a January 2026 production start targeted.
  • Patrick Marber wrote the screenplay from Peter Cameron’s novel after Studiocanal acquired rights in 2023.
  • This would be Scorsese and DiCaprio’s seventh feature together and his first time directing Lawrence, with supporting cast and distribution details still to be finalized; Deadline first reported the project.