Leonardo DiCarpio’s $194M Historic Epic Gangs of New York Is Heading to a New Streaming House 24 Years Later

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Leonardo DiCarpio’s 4M Historic Epic Gangs of New York Is Heading to a New Streaming House 24 Years Later

As One Battle After One other dominates conversations heading into Spring 2026, the most recent characteristic movie from iconic and award-laden actor Leonardo DiCaprio, now could be an ideal time to revisit a few of his less-popular classics. One film that falls into that class for many viewers is Gangs of New York, a gritty time-period piece primarily based within the 1860s that’s too usually missed in DiCaprio’s in depth filmography.

The LA-born Hollywood A-lister blessed the world as Amsterdam Vallon in Gangs of New York in 2002, a movie directed by the incomparable Martin Scorsese that additionally featured legendary expertise reminiscent of Daniel Day-Lewis and Liam Neeson; and it was a undertaking that helped launch the profession of Cameron Diaz.

And now, nearly 25 years after it debuted in theaters, Gangs of New York has discovered a brand new streaming dwelling — set to debut on Starz on March 1, 2026, after its run on Pararmount+.

All who’ve ever taken the time to take a seat down and benefit from the undertaking perceive precisely the way it helped to solidify the early performing profession of DiCaprio, alongside together with his different 2022 characteristic movie, Catch Me If You Can reverse one more Hollywood titan, Tom Hanks, following the stratospheric success of 1997’s Titanic; and because of Daniel Day-Lewis, DiCaprio realized beneficial classes in the course of the filming of Gangs of New York, and a few even earlier than manufacturing ever formally received underway.

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At one level, having efficiently satisfied Day-Lewis to signal on as Billy the Butcher (extra on that in a second), DiCaprio was hit with the cruel actuality that the previous is thought for his intense technique performing, and as soon as he steps into a job, it turns into him. And seeing as DiCaprio’s character (Valen) was searching for revenge towards Day-Lewis’ (Billy) for the homicide of his father.

“I mentioned ‘Morning, Danny!’, and he went ‘Umph!’ “And I mentioned oh sh-t, sport on,” DiCaprio recalled of his first on-set alternate with Day-Lewis: “I do not suppose I mentioned one other phrase to him by way of the 9 months that we had been there. You already know, he was Invoice the Butcher and that was it. He was simply phenomenal and in character on a regular basis. It was one other stage of studying for me.”

The butterfly impact concept would make for an fascinating dialog right here, in questioning if Invoice the Butcher was anybody aside from Day-Lewis, how would possibly it have effected the rest of DiCaprio’s development, if in any respect? Hmm.

Gangs of New York Is Underhyped, Underrated

Then once more, it is nearly unimaginable to think about Gangs of New York with out Day-Lewis as Invoice the Butcher, a visceral position he dropped at audiences in a approach solely he may, but it was actually nearly another person forged for the position, if not for Scorsese urging DiCaprio to plead their case to Day-Lewis who, on the time, had supposedly already referred to as it a profession.

“We had been speaking about who was gonna play this unbelievable position of Invoice the Butcher. A couple of names got here up and any person mentioned, it’d’ve been Marty that mentioned, ‘What about Daniel?’ Folks instantly mentioned, ‘Properly, he is retired. He is a cobbler. He is making sneakers in Italy.’ It was really my job to go converse with him. Scorsese mentioned to me, ‘Look, I am unsure how Daniel feels, if he is able to work or not. It is best to have a dialog with him.'”

In the long run, the whole lot labored out completely.

And although Gangs of New York did finish its field workplace run within the early 2000s as a little bit of a monetary loss for Miramax — it is $193.8 million earnings narrowly failing to nudge previous the $100 million manufacturing funds that didn’t embrace tens of tens of millions extra for advertising and marketing and promotion — it did nicely amongst critics and audiences and, to today, is a sensational watch.