Killers of the Flower Moon Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

Based on David Grann’s broadly lauded best-selling book, Killers of the Flower Moon is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror.

Crime Drama Adaptation True Story Mystery Period

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  Leonardo DiCaprio

  ... Ernest Burkhart

  One Battle After Another, The Wolf of Wall Street

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  Robert De Niro

  ... William Hale

  Focker In-Law, Tin Soldier

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  Jesse Plemons

  ... Tom White

  Digger, Bugonia

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  Lily Gladstone

  ... Mollie Burkhart

  The Wedding Banquet , The Thomas Crown Affair

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  Tantoo Cardinal

  ... Lizzie Q

  Wendell & Wild, Wildwood

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  Cara Jade Myers

  Day of Reckoning, Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse

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  JaNae Collins

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  Jillian Dion

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  John Lithgow

  ... Prosecutor Leaward

  Interstellar, Cabrini

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  Brendan Fraser

  ... W.S. Hamilton

  Rental Family, The Whale

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  Barry Corbin

  ... Undertaker Turton

  All Saints, Rising Stars

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  Nathaniel Arcand

  Train Dreams, Cold Pursuit

Who is making Killers of the Flower Moon – Crew List

A look at Killers of the Flower Moon behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Martin Scorsese last helmed Rolling Thunder and Silence. The film's writer Eric Roth last penned Here and Shantaram (Series).

Director

Martin Scorsese

Screenwriters

Eric Roth
Martin Scorsese

Producers

Leonardo DiCaprio
Dan Friedkin
Martin Scorsese
Bradley Thomas

Production – What we know about the Killers of the Flower Moon

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Key Facts

• The project budget's ranged between $180 million and $200 million and thus caused some potential headaches for Paramount. Apple came on-board to co-produce and serve as the film's creative studio (Variety, 5/27/2020).
• Based on the book by "Killers of the Flower Moon: An American Crime and the Birth of the FBI" by David Grann.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Jul 2023

Completed

Changed Killers of the Flower Moon movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Aug 2022

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Aug 2021

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Jun 2020

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Apple is on-board to finance with Paramount.

Jun 2019

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Paramount Pictures is on-board to finance and distribute.

Oct 2018

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Jul 2017

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Plan is to start shooting Spring 2018.

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