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Scorsese And De Niro Planning Taxi Driver Sequel?
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“I was talking with Martin Scorsese about doing a sequel to Taxi Driver, where (Travis Bickle) is older.”Taxi Driver (1976), Robert De Niro Von Trier’s partner at the Zentropa film production company, Peter Aalbek, would “neither confirm nor deny” the news, but did say an official announcement would be forthcoming. It’s entirely possible that von Trier and Scorsese could be co-directing the new film together, or that these are two different projects in the works. But hopefully, the aforementioned conversation between von Trier and Scorsese means the latter will be involved in the Taxi Driver sequel in some way (perhaps in an advisory capacity?). Although von Trier has always seemed like something of an iconoclast, he wouldn’t be the first European director to try a sequel or spin-off from a successful classic. Recently, German-born Werner Herzog helmed Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, which was inspired by Abel Ferrera’s 1992 film Bad Lieutenant. Should be a great project for Scorsese and De Niro, don’t you think? Taxi Driver Poster (1976)
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