The Departed‘s star, as well as teaming up again with director Martin Scorsese for historical biopic The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, has already finished shooting Blood Diamond for The Last Samurai director Edward Zwick. Starring alongside Djimon Hounsou (already tipped for an Oscar for his work on the film) and Jennifer Connelly, Leo plays a mercenary in civil war-torn Seirra Leone who teams up with Hounsou’s humble fisherman for a priceless pink diamond.
DiCaprio has also been attached to the next project from Syriana writer/director Stephen Gaghan, Blink, based on Gaghan’s own book of short stories about first impressions and snap judgements. Less cerebrally, Leo is also linked with a possible forthcoming adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s political thriller The Chancellor Manuscript.
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