I don’t know about you guys but this sounds to me like a match made in movie heaven. Here’s the press release:

Universal Pictures has acquired the feature film project Sinatra from Mandalay Pictures for Academy Award® winner Martin Scorsese to direct, it was announced today.

Oscar® nominated screenwriter (Field of Dreams) Phil Alden Robinson is writing the screenplay for Sinatra based on the life of the iconic entertainer. Universal Pictures and Mandalay Pictures have been developing the project, after securing the Frank Sinatra life rights and music rights from Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE) – a joint venture of the Sinatra Estate and Warner Music Group.

“We have dreamt of making a movie about Frank Sinatra, and Marty Scorsese is undeniably the perfect vision keeper for this project,” said Chairman of Mandalay Entertainment

“It’s an honor to be involved in this film which will celebrate the amazing life and work of Frank Sinatra,” said President of Production for Universal Pictures, Donna Langley. “With Phil Alden Robinson writing the screenplay and Martin Scorsese at the helm, we know that this first feature motion picture adaptation of Sinatra’s extraordinary life is in the best of hands.”

“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,” said Tina Sinatra. “It is personally pleasing to me that this paradigm continues with Marty Scorsese at the helm of the Sinatra film.” Group, Peter Guber. President of Mandalay Pictures, Cathy Schulman added “In addition to our excitement at having Marty in the director’s chair, we are thrilled to be in business with Universal, the Sinatra estate, Warner Music Group and the talented Phil Alden Robinson on this project about one of our greatest entertainers.”

Consider my ticket sold. The only question remains, who would play the legendary entertainer? Scorcese’s first choice, not surprisingly, is Leonardo DiCaprio, who has now completely and utterly replaced Robert DeNiro as Scorcese’s go to leading man. Universal, however, isn’t buying it, and the buzz is that they favor the casting of one Johnny Depp in the iconic part. I’m not sure who they mean, has that guy been in anything recently? Check back for more as this story develops.