‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Should Have Been a TV Series

Jodie Foster wanted more “Killers of the Flower Moon” — or at least, to see more “perspectives” showcased in the film‘s retelling of the Osage Nation massacres.

The actress said during an interview with Variety that Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-nominated epic could have benefitted from being even longer, or perhaps reimagined as a limited series. Scorsese’s film already received criticisms for being too long at almost four hours; theaters began issuing an intermission during screenings, much to the dismay of editor Thelma Schoonmaker.

“I was thinking of ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ — extraordinary movie, three-and-a-half hours long. And I thought, ‘I wonder why they didn’t do it eight hours long,’” Foster said, “to be able to explore all these other people, and give them another perspective. The great thing about limited series is you can have that novelistic idea of going off into tangents and tying them together.”

Foster recently starred in anthology series “True Detective: Night Country,” which captures the fictional serial killings of Indigenous women.

“This is the beauty of having limited series. You can expand on a story,” Foster said, citing “True Detective” showrunner Issa López’s “exciting voice” that kept the story moving.

“The second I met her I knew that this was the vision we needed,” Foster said. “She is totally clear about what she wants. And she’s the first person on a…