The Frank Sinatra Movie- Martin Scorsese to direct

Frank's story will soon be hitting the silver screen thanks to Martini Scorsese.  One of the greatest directors ever to live, to direct a movie about one of the greatest entertainers to ever walk the earth.  While there’s no word on who will try to fill Frank’s one-button shawl collar tux (or even a potential release date for the.film), the mere notion of Scorsese capturing one of music’s signature voices — and one of pop culture’s most towering figures — sparked a wave of dream casting speculation and debate.  Director Scorsese, Universal Pictures and Mandalay Films have acquired Frank's life and music rights from Frank Sinatra's Enterprises.  Casting has yet to be announced for the role of Sinatra, arguably the most popular singer of his era and who also struck box office gold with roles such as his Oscar-winning turn in "From Here to Eternity" in 1953.  The project, on which Sinatra's daughter Tina will serve as executive producer, was announced one day before the anniversary of the death of the iconic singer and film star, who died in 1998 of a heart attack at the age of 82.  There are some rumors that Leonardo DiCaprio is the “obvious” choice given his awesomely hott babyface and his ability to both seduce the ladies and be pretty scary when need be. Also, Scorsese clearly has a strong love for Leo, as he has cast him in several of his recent films – Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, and Shutter Island, which is currently in post-production. Since execs scored the music rights to Ole Blue Eyes’ catalogue, Leo wouldn’t need to have much musical ability to play the legendary actor and singer.  “Harry Connick Jr. … He can nail the music easily and
he has the acting skills as well, so he could also be a possible choice.  

"My father had great admiration for the talent of the people he chose to work with, and the talented people who worked with my father had great admiration for him," Tina Sinatra said in a statement."It is personally pleasing to me that this paradigm continues with Marty Scorsese at the helm of the Sinatra film," she said.Oscar-nominated screenwriter Phil Alden Robinson, who wrote "Field of Dreams," is writing the screenplay.  Born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1915, Sinatra performed on more than 1,400 musical recordings and in 58 films.  There could be four Sinatra's. Young. Older.  Middle-aged.  Very old.  They can have Al Pacino as one of the Sinatra's and Robert De Niro would play Sinatra's fellow Rat Packer, Dean Martin.