Who better than the kid from Little Italy – who became America’s premier cinematic auteur – to get behind the lens for the big screen epic on the Hoboken boy who became an American enertainment icon? It was announced yesterday that Universal Pictures and Mandalay Entertainment have tapped the mighty Martin Scorsese to direct a forth-coming Frank Sinatra biopic. We hope Scorsese can avoid the urge to cast Leonardo DiCaprio as Ol’ Blue Eyes.

Scorsese’s next picture is Shutter Island and due in October starring – surprise, surprise – Leo DiCaprio. He also continues his tradition of great music docs with a George Harrison film due in 2010.

Frank’s legacy continues to bloom with the catalog currently in reissues overhaul most recently with Seduction: Sinatra Sings of Love (Rhino) and the recently launched SINATRA.COM for all think Frank. They all need to get on the good foot and reissue and remaster this downbeat, overlooked masterpiece – said to be one of the singer’s personal faves among his own recordings.