Leonardo DiCaprio To Star In Enron Movie

Leonardo DiCaprio is planning to star in and produce a new film which will tell the story of the collapse of the Houston-based energy company, Enron.

Variety reported that “Warner Brothers reportedly paid seven figures to option “Conspiracy of Fools,” a book by New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald, and for Sheldon Turner (The Longest Yard) to pen script.”

In the film, DiCaprio will play a new employee at Enron who uncovers the corruption and greed in the company. Numerous Enron officers were found guilty of fraudulent accounting and corruption.

This deal cements DiCaprio’s relationship with Warner Brothers. The actor starred for WB in the Oscar nominated best picture ‘The Departed’ and in ‘Blood Diamond,’ for which he received a nomination for best male performance. DiCaprio is set to co-produce the film through his company, Appian Way. According to Zap2It, the actor and Apian Way have also been attached to adaptations of “Blink” and “The Chancellor Manuscript,” as well as to Martin Scorsese’s long-discussed biopic “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.”

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