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Posted by Matt Holmes

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

categories - Body-of-Lies, Movie News

Further Reading

• Has Russell Crowe been cast in Ridley Scott’s Penetration?

• Ridley Scott tackling Russell Crowe’s Nottingham!

• Is Ridley Scott entering A BRAVE NEW WORLD?

• THE LOW DWELLER is Scott & DiCaprio’s next feature?

• Grumpy Old Ridley: Part II

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