Leonardo DiCaprio Teams Up With ‘Dark Knight’ Director
“Inception,” director Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to “The Dark Knight,” has found its lead actor.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in the movie, which is described as “a contemporary sci-fi thriller set within the architecture of the mind.”
Ellen Page is also rumoured to be joining the cast, MTV reports.
Filming is set to begin this summer for a 2010 release.
Nolan’s directing credits included “Memento,” “Insomnia,” “The Prestige” and, of course, the two Batman movies, beginning with 2005’s “Batman Begins.”
DiCaprio most recently starred in the marital drama “Revolutionary Road” alongside “Titanic” co-star Kate Winslet.
He will next appear in “Shutter,” which reunites the actor with his “Gangs of New York” and “The Departed” director Martin Scorsese.
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