Martin Scorsese's What Happens At Night adaptation to feature Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio in lead roles - here's what we know

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Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio in Don't Look Up | Image via Netflix

What Happens At Night is the next book Martin Scorsese plans to adapt. The director is known for his extensive career, which includes films like Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, and The Departed. Scorsese intends to cast his longtime collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio, along with Jennifer Lawrence, in the lead roles for this film.

Scorsese and DiCaprio have worked together on films like The Wolf of Wall Street, The Departed, Shutter Island, The Aviator, Gangs of New York, and most recently, Killers of the Flower Moon. Let's explore more details about their upcoming film.


Martin Scorsese to adapt What Happens At Night

Martin Scorsese will reunite with Leonardo DiCaprio in the upcoming film adaptation of Peter Cameron's 2020 novel What Happens At Night. Deadline reports that Jennifer Lawrence will also star in the leading role. Production is scheduled to start in January next year, with Apple Original Films potentially teaming up with Studio Canal to produce the film.

The script was written by Patrick Marber after Studio Canal bought the rights. Initially, Scorsese was only attached as a producer, but that later changed. Apple had previously supported Scorsese and DiCaprio's Killers of the Flower Moon. The studio also has a deal with their production companies Sikelia and Appian Way.

What Happens At Night is a novel by Peter Cameron that centers on a couple traveling to a European town to adopt a baby. The wife is battling cancer, which the husband worries might prevent the orphanage from giving them the child. During their trip, they decide to stay at Borgarfjaroasysla Grand Imperial Hotel, where they meet several characters.

Scorsese's last directorial outing, Killers of the Flower Moon, was also an adaptation. It chronicled the murder of Osage family members following the discovery of oil on their tribal land. The film featured DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone, among others. It had its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival and was theatrically released on October 20, 2023. The film received both critical acclaim and commercial success.

Meanwhile, DiCaprio was recently seen in Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller One Battle After Another. The film premiered at LA's TCL Chinese Theatre and is scheduled for theatrical release by Warner Bros Pictures on September 26, 2025.


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Edited by Yesha Srivastava