Leonardo DiCaprio set for online casino pic
Leonardo DiCaprio set for online casino pic
Paramount picks up pitch from Koppelman, Levien
By Jay A. Fernandez and Matthew Belloni
June 15, 2009, 07:58 PM ET
Updated: June 15, 2009, 08:32 PM ET
Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star, and his Appian Way cohort Jennifer Davisson Killoran is producing.
Koppelman and Levien, who wrote “Ocean’s Thirteen,” covered similar ground with their debut script for “Rounders,” which starred Edward Norton and Matt Damon as high-stakes players in the underground poker scene. The writers, Davisson Killoran and DiCaprio are also teaming on “Beat the Reaper,” an adaptation of the Josh Bazell novel that is set up at New Regency.
Koppelman and Levien, who are repped by CAA and 3 Arts Entertainment, most recently penned Steven Soderbergh’s “The Girlfriend Experience.” They are in production on “Solitary Man,” which they co-directed and which Koppelman wrote, for Millennium Films. They also are repped by attorney Karl Austen.
DiCaprio, who most recently starred in “Revolutionary Road,” is repped by Rick Yorn and attorney Steve Warren, who also rep Appian. The actor next stars in the Martin Scorsese-directed thriller “Shutter Island,” which Paramount will release in October.
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