Leonardo DiCaprio Might Produce And Star In Viking Epic King Harald Film

Actor-producer Leonardo DiCaprio is set to produce and possibly star in Viking Epic titled King Harald, a historical biopic about Harald Hardrada, the 11th century Viking king. Deadline states that Warner Bros. has preemptively snatched up a pitch by screenwriter Mark L. Smith (Vacancy, The Hole) that DiCaprio's Appian Way will produce.

DiCaprio, who recently appeared in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained and Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, will soon re-team with director Martin Scorsese for The Wolf of Wall Street.

Deadline reports that the movie is envisioned as "a Braveheart-style story. DiCaprio, a history buff, has long been interested in headlining a Viking movie; he had once circled a film about Viking warriors that Mel Gibson was to direct." Leo dropped out of that project after one of Gibson's very public meltdowns.

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