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The “greatest living director” shared the first trailer for his latest opus, Killers of the Flower Moon, a labyrinthine story of murder and greed.

If Martin Scorsese plays his cards right, the Western crime drama epic might be one of this year’s major awards contenders.

The film already knocks it out of the park with a stellar cast, namely Scorsese’s longtime muses Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro who are reunited alongside the likes of Jesse Plemons and Certain Women breakout Lily Gladstone, as well as Brendan Fraser and a whole host of other incredible faces.

Based on David Grann’s bestselling book, Killers of the Flower Moon is a true story that pulls back the curtain on a series of murders of wealthy Osage Nation people that took place in the early 1920s after major oil deposits were discovered on their land. It also looks at how the newly formed FBI investigated the killings, notes Variety:

DiCaprio stars in “Flower Moon” 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. “Flower Moon” was originally conceived for DiCaprio to play the FBI agent, but the actor reconfigured the script after deciding to switch roles to the more morally-ambiguous Ernest.

In the trailer, DiCaprio’s character starts out in an ominous voiceover: “There are many, so many, hungry wolves. Can you find the wolves in this picture?” Give it a watch:

Killers of the Flower Moon has been highly anticipated since it was first announced back in 2017, but finally, Apple and Paramount will release it in theatres on October 20.

[source:variety]