Scorsese's well past his 'taking on the studio' days. They throw him a ton of money to basically make whatever movie he wants, and they've always wanted another mob movie with him and DeNiro. This is probably the curtain call for Scorsese, Deniro and Pesci. No need to go young with the cast. We're talking about Sheeran's story here, anyway, not Casablanca.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
