"Killers of the Flower Moon" Shifts from A Limited to Worldwide Release

Martin Scorsese's highly-anticipated movie “Killers of the Flower Moon” is doubling down on its October 20 nationwide release date.

Apple, in partnership with Paramount, has set a wide global theatrical release date of October 20 for the historical epic, nixing the previously planned limited theatrical release on October 6 before going wide.

The movie, which will stream on Apple TV+ following its theatrical run, will also be released in Imax.

IIt will also debut at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

The screening marks Scorsese’s first time presenting a movie at Cannes since winning best director for “After Hours” in 1986.

 “Killers of the Flower Moon” brings together an impressive ensemble, led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion, Tantoo Cardinal, Brendan Fraser, and Grammy Award-winning musicians Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson.

The cast also includes Scott Shepherd, Pat Healy, William Belleau, Louis Cancelmi, Tatanka Means, Michael Abbott Jr., and Gary Basaraba.

“Killers of the Flower Moon” clocks in at 3 hours and 26 minutes.

It is based on David Grann’s best-selling book of the same name. It is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial targeting and murder of members of the oil-rich Osage tribe and the investigation into the string of brutal crimes by the FBI.

The movie features DiCaprio as Ernest Burkhart, the nephew of a powerful local rancher (De Niro) who becomes intertwined in the Osage Nation murders. Burkhart is married to an Indigenous woman, played by Gladstone. Plemons stars as Tom White, the lead FBI agent investigating the murders.

It was initially conceived for DiCaprio to play the FBI agent, but he reconfigured the script after deciding to switch roles to the more morally-ambiguous Ernest.

“Killers of the Flower Moon” was produced alongside Imperative Entertainment, Sikelia Productions, and Appian Way.

The Apple Original Films drama marks the first time DiCaprio and De Niro to work together in 30 years. They collaborated for the first time in Michael Caton-Jones’ 1993 “This Boy’s Life”.

Producers are Scorsese, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, and Daniel Lupi, with DiCaprio, Rick Yorn, Adam Sommer, Marianne Bower, Lisa Frechette, John Atwood, Shea Kammer, and Niels Juul serving as executive producers.