Silence stars Liam Neeson, Adam Driver and Andrew Garfield in the leads, with Ciaran Hinds, Tadanobu Asano and Shinya Tsukamoto also among the cast.
The screenplay was penned by Jay Cocks, who worked with Scorsese on Gangs of New York and The Age of Innocence.
The film has been pushed back repeatedly over the years, with Scorsese opting to make The Departed, Shutter Island, Hugo and The Wolf of Wall Street first.
Ironically, there’s been a strange silence surrounding Martin Scorsese’s next film, er…