Sarah Ferguson and Scorsese Team Up

The real Fergie, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, is teaming up with recent Oscar winner Martin Scorsese to produce a film called 'The Young Victoria'. The project tells the story of the rise of Queen Victoria, and will star Emily Blunt of 'The Devil Wears Prada'. 'The Departed' producer Graham King also will join the project.

"I met Graham King and said, 'Why don't you produce a movie about Queen Victoria?'," the Duchess explained. "All people see of Victoria is a melancholy queen in mourning, dressed in black. She should be remembered as a beautiful girl, skipping through the grass in bare feet. Hers is a wonderful love story."

Sarah is something of an expert on the royal matriarch, having written a book about her entitled Travels With Queen Victoria. In her forward to the 1993 work, Sarah wrote: "Queen Victoria has always fascinated me. I admire many of her qualities, and in some sense feel a bond of friendship with her. I was able to understand her longing to escape from the pressures of royal life and found her desire to broaden her horizons inspirational."

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Wahlberg and Scorsese Team Up for HBO Series

After their separate and mutual successes with 'Entourage' and 'The Departed' respectively, Mark Wahlberg and Martin Scorsese are set to team up once again. This time they will be working on a new drama series for HBO about the development of Atlantic City. The project will be based on the book "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City" by Nelson Johnson.

According to the book's official description, "Boardwalk" chronicles Atlantic City "from its birth as a quiet seaside health resort, through the notorious backroom politics and power struggles, to the city's rebirth as an entertainment and gambling mecca where anything goes."

Wahlberg and Scorsese will serve as executive producers on the series.

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Wahlberg and Damon Reunite in 'The Fighter'

'The Departed' co-stars Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg are to be reunited in the upcoming flick 'The Fighter', about boxing.

The film is based on a true story about two boxers, ‘Irish’ Mickey Ward (Wahlberg) and half-brother Dicky Eklund (Damon). The movie will follow Eklund, throwing away his own boxing career after being thrown in jail for drugs; his younger brother Ward, quitting his career when he was 26-years-old after some brutal bouts; and Eklund’s encouragement of Ward to get back in the game, and coaching him to eventually become a lightweight champion, after he was released.

Wahlberg says he's been wanting to do a movie about boxing his entire career. “It’s something I’m very excited about.”

Matt Damon beat out Wahlberg's brother Donnie for the role.

No director has been tapped for the project, but Wahlberg wants Martin Scorsese, who directed 'The Departed'.

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