Most people would suggest that all Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger have in common is a genetic quirk that results in freakishly oversized facial features – but those people are just cruel; and besides, Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger are making a film.

Hot on the heels of Martin Scorsese's Best Director and Best Picture double-header at the Oscars this week comes news that he's going to direct The Long Play, a movie produced by Mick Jagger from The Rolling Stones about two men's friendship in the music industry that lasts for several decades. The storyline, that is, not the actual movie. Not much else is known about The Long Play, although Mick Jagger isn't expected to contribute any solo singles to the project. Martin Scorsese may have directed Kundan, but even his wayward uncommercialism has its limits.

Even before Martin Scorsese finally started winning Oscars on Sunday night his popularity was assured. The Departed – where Jack Nicholson's strap-on cock goes undercover and arrests Matt Damon or something – has been Martin Scorsese's most successful film of all time, which means that studios are falling over themselves trying to get him to repeat the trick. Paramount recently signed Martin Scorsese up to a four-year $10 million first-look deal, and that means that Martin Scorsese is going to be a very busy boy.

Already in the pipeline for Martin Scorsese is Silence, his meditation on Portuguese christians quietly pondering on the existence of God in feudal Japan; and The Rise Of Theodore Roosevelt, although lord knows what that could be about. And then there's a chance that Martin Scorsese will direct the oft-mooted Robert De Niro-starring Departed sequel. And now Martin Scorsese has signed up to direct The Long Play, a movie based on an idea by Mick Jagger.

Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger have worked together in the past, of course – Gimme Shelter was so integral to The Departed that it features on the soundtrack more than once, and Martin Scorsese has also made a Rolling Stones documentary to be released later this year. But with The Long Play, Martin Scorsese will be directing a film that Mick Jagger is producing as Reuters reports:

Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese is joining forces with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger to make a movie spanning three decades in the music business. Scorsese, 64, who on Sunday won the best director Oscar for "The Departed," will direct "The Long Play" and work with Jagger and the British rocker's business partner Victoria Pearman to produce the film, Paramount Pictures said on Tuesday. The Viacom Inc.-owned studio said in a statement that Jagger came up with the idea for "The Long Play" several years ago. William Monahan, who also won an Oscar for writing "The Departed," will write the screenplay.

It's far too early for The Long Play to have a release date yet, but it'll be interesting to see what it's about. Here's a guess – it's about two blokes in a band who get old together, and are nearly torn apart in act three when one of them falls out of a coconut tree onto his head and the other one gets a bit of a sore throat. Yeah, apparently it's based on The Monkees.

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Scorsese, Jagger Rocking In New Movie – Reuters