{"id":3145,"date":"2015-01-14T10:54:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T15:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=3145"},"modified":"2015-01-14T10:54:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T15:54:34","slug":"leonardo-dicaprio-robert-de-niro-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/01\/14\/leonardo-dicaprio-robert-de-niro-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro Team Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Martin Scorsese have teamed up for a project! That\u2019s the good news. The bad news is that it\u2019s for an extended commercial. The ugly part about it is that it\u2019s a $70 million ad for casinos in Macau and Manila. In addition to that amazing filmmaking trio, Brad Pitt and writer, Terence Winter will also be involved.<\/p>\n

De Niro<\/a> and Scorsese are one of the best, if not the<\/i> best, duos in cinema history. They\u2019ve made so many classics, including Taxi Driver<\/i>, Raging Bull<\/i>, and Goodfellas<\/i>. Their last outing together was all the way back in 1995 with Casino<\/i>. The world was waiting for another project from the two, but it just never happened. There\u2019s talk about The Irishman<\/i><\/a> finally getting started, but the reality is that it\u2019s been nothing but a long tease so far.<\/p>\n

After a few decades of Scorsese using De Niro as his leading man, he transitioned to DiCaprio, making amazing films with him like The Aviator<\/i> The Departed<\/i>, and The Wolf of Wall Street<\/i>. DiCaprio and De Niro have also worked together a couple of times before, but never with Scorsese in the director\u2019s chair. Will we ever see the three work together beyond this extended commercial? I sure hope so, but at least we have this little thing to imagine what might have been if they never jump on a film project together.<\/p>\n

The extended commercial is called \u201cThe Audition\u201d and it pits De Niro and DiCaprio against each other, \u201cvying\u201d for the same role in a fictional Scorsese film project. When the Studio City casino officially opens later in the year, the full ad will be in full effect. I\u2019m sure it will be a sharp, amusing, and classic commercial from Scorsese, but really Marty? This is the project you choose to do with two of your go-to guys? I guess it\u2019s something.<\/p>\n