Martin Scorsese Sets ‘What Happens At Night’ Next; Leonardo DiCaprio & Jennifer Lawrence Star With Apple In Talks

Exclusive: Director Martin Scorsese has committed to his next film, and he’s got Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as his leads. They’re eyeing a January start for an adaptation of the ghost story novel What Happens at Night. Deadline hears that Apple Original Films is negotiating to finance and produce with Studiocanal, which has developed the script.

This comes as the DiCaprio-starring One Battle After Another is set to bow next weekend, amidst rapturous buzz and reviews for the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed film. Apple makes a lot of sense as the landing place for the new film. The studio was behind the Scorsese-directed DiCaprio-starrer Killers of the Flower Moon, and has first-look deals with Scorsese’s Sikelia and DiCaprio’s Appian Way banners.

Patrick Marber penned the script to What Happens at Night after Studiocanal acquired rights to the Peter Cameron novel in the spring of 2023. At the time,…