Leonardo DiCaprio Movies Shutter Island: Prequel Of Psychological Thriller To Be Produced As HBO Series; Martin Scorsese In Talks To Direct Pilot
It was a thriller in the style of Alfred Hitchcock, and it had us on the edge of our seats until the unexpected final twist that had everyone shocked. Leonardo DiCaprio's movie Shutter Island was a 2010 film starring DiCaprio and The Avengers' Mark Ruffalo, and was directed by Martin Scorsese. The psychological thriller was based on a book by Dennis Lehane. It starred DiCaprio as U.S. Marshal Edward Daniels who is on an investigation for a murder at the psychiatric ward in Shutter Island. The film earned glowing reviews and grossed over $ 166 million in the international box office.
And now, great news for the fans of this creepy psycho thriller. This Leonardo DiCaprio movie, Shutter Island, will be going to the small screen via HBO. The cable network, known for its excellent TV series such as Game of Thrones, and the upcoming, Westworld, is teaming up with Paramount Pictures to produce a prequel to Shutter Island that will be aired as a series. According to Deadline, the new show will be called Ashecliffe, which is the name of that eerie mental hospital on Shutter Island.
Sadly, we probably won't be seeing Leonardo DiCaprio reprising his role as Teddy Daniels in this movie. The story of Ashecliffe will take place years before the investigation of Daniels takes place.
The series will instead focus on the mental ward and those who have put it up, and why they chose the remote island for their facility. According to Deadline, "The focus is the past of hospital, and the secrets and misdeeds perpetrated by its founders who erected the hospital in the early 20th Century and developed the methods of treatment use for the mentally ill."
Martin Scorsese himself will be directing Ashecliffe, while the writer of the novel itself, Dennis Lehane. Lehane himself will write the script. Lehane is no stranger to the world of Hollywood. His two other novels, Gone Baby Gone and Mystic River have both been adapted into the big screen.
