Is ‘What Happens at Night’ Finally What Martin Scorsese Is Actually Working on Next?

There have probably been five or six “next projects” that Martin Scorsese has been reported to be directing after he did “Killers of the Flower Moon” in 2023, but this one may finally have some real legs to it.

Scorsese has committed to directing “What Happens at Night,” which is a creepy ghost story adaptation of a 2020 book by Peter Cameron, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire. Leonardo DiCaprio, naturally, would be starring in the film alongside Jennifer Lawrence. Apple Original Films is also circling the project, with an eye to finance and produce it alongside Studiocanal, which developed the script.

What makes “What Happens at Night” seem like this really is the next one is that there’s a pretty-soon start date of January being eyed (though wouldn’t Leo be in the midst of an Oscar campaign for “One Battle After Another?”). Apple though also has…