De Niro and Scorsese to work together again

Hollywood legends Roberto De Niro and Martin Scrosese are to re-unite once again.

Scorsese will direct and De Niro will star in a film called The Irishman, which will be about a union official turned mafia hitman called Frank Sheeran.

The duo, who have previously worked together eight times, last collaborated in 1995 for Epic gangster classic Casino.

The other films they have made together are Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Cape Fear, Goodfellas, The King of Comedy and New York, New York.

The screenplay will be penned by Steve Zallian, who previously wrote the script for Gangs of New York.