Complex sentence: In March, though he had originally put it on the back burner and dropped out, Scorsese opted to direct "The Wolf of Wall Street" ahead of "Silence", though at the time Scorsese's publicist stated that "Silence" would come first.
Split into simpler sentences: In March, though he had originally put it on the back burner and dropped out, Scorsese opted to direct "The Wolf of Wall Street" ahead of "Silence". However, at the time, Scorsese's publicist stated that "Silence" would come first.