Martha Pinson, whose impressive résumé as a script supervisor goes all the way back to the early 1980s — Brian De Palma‘s Dressed to Kill and Sidney Lumet‘s Deathtrap were some of her first credits — will soon be making her directorial debut with a British feature titled Tomorrow. Still without a cast, the project nevertheless has most of its behind-the-scenes credits confirmed, and this new piece from THR has added a pretty significant one: Martin Scorsese, who’s worked with Pinson on several of his recent features. He’s hopping aboard as an executive producer.
Pinson has done work on Scorsese’s four most-recent narrative films: The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island, and Hugo. According the report, her credits also “[boast] award-winning shorts and off-Broadway plays in addition to her script work.” The script she’ll be working with on Tomorrow was co-written by Stuart Brennan and Sebastian Street, and “is billed as a feel-good story about five main characters living for the day.” Is it just me, or is it sort of interesting that Pinson, who’s made her living as a script supervisor, isn’t one of the credited writers on her directorial debut?
“It’s an amazing script, with colorful characters and a truly uplifting story,” said Dean Mitchell, who will be lead-producing the project alongside Neil Jones. “With Martha at the helm, it’s going to be a beautiful picture,” he added. As I mentioned above, the casting process for Tomorrow is still in the works, though the current expectation is for shooting to begin this year.
Do you think Scorsese’s presence will help Pinson make the jump into directing?