Overview

• Martin Scorsese has completed the screenplay for his next film, a movie about Jesus Christ, and plans to begin filming later this year.
• The film is based on Shūsaku Endō’s book 'A Life of Jesus' and will be set mostly in the present day, focusing on Jesus’ core teachings.
• Scorsese aims to make the film more accessible and remove the negative associations with organized religion.
• The film is expected to be around 80 minutes long, a significant departure from Scorsese's recent lengthy films.
• This will be Scorsese's second film about Jesus, following the controversial 'The Last Temptation of Christ' in 1988.