Per World Of Reel, Scorsese told the press conference at the Cinema Museum in Torino, Italy, where he accepted the Premio Della Mole Award, that he has “no intention of retiring.” The director also updated the press on the projects,

When news broke that Martin Scorsese’s next two planned films — a Frank Sinatra biopic and a religious drama, “The Life of Jesus” — were being postponed, unfounded rumors started swirling that the great filmmaker was retiring.

Gangs of New York' director Martin Scorsese has insisted he has "more films to make" despite reports his planned Jesus and Frank Sinatra projects have been delayed.

Oscar winner Martin Scorsese said ahead of picking up the Italian Cinema Museum's top honour in Turin Monday that he was not yet saying goodbye to cinema and still had a lot of films to make. "No, I absolutely don't mean to say goodbye to cinema.