Martin Scorsese to Direct Sacha Baron Cohen?

Martin Scorsese will follow up his latest film Shutter Island with an adaptation of Brian Selznick’s Caldecott winning book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret. So far, Ben Kingsley and Sacha Baron Cohen (Bruno) are in talks to play big roles in the film.

The story of the book focuses on Georges Melies, a French filmmaker who developed many of the earliest special effects. Cohen is in line to play the part of the station agent.