Leonardo DiCaprio and
Ridley Scott are set to work together for the first time in their careers for the middle east drama
Body of Lies. The movie will be based on a David Ignatius book of the same name. You may remember we posted an article on this project when
Ridley Scott boarded the flick which was previously known as Penetration. Ridley Scott is said to be already scouting locations out in Morocco, with Washington, London and of course the Middle East also due to be filmed.
The Departed scribe
William Monahan will write the screenplay.... he currently has around 89 scripts on the go, the majority of which have DiCaprio set to star.
DiCaprio will play an ex-journalist-turned CIA agent who's sent to Amman to work with Jordan's intelligence chief to track an Al Qaeda leader rumored to be planning attacks against America.
Scott has recently finished shooting the
Denzel Washington/
Russell Crowe 70's crime drama
American Gangster which is due out in November, which we are all hoping will get the director back on track after a string of misses lately. It's expected DiCaprio and Scott will shoot this movie before Leo stars in
Revolutionary Road with
Kate Winslet. source -
coming soon,
variety