MUMBAI: Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in Martin Scorsese‘s The Wolf of Wall Street, that is based on the memoir by Jordan Belfort.
The film will tell the tale of a hard-partying drug-fuelled stock broker who was indicted in 1998 for security fraud and money laundering and consequently served a 22 month prison stretch.
DiCaprio and Scorsese have been trying to get the project off the ground since 2007, but now a firm timeline has been set, with the movie shooting in New York in the summer. Scorsese will produce the project as well as direct, with a script by Terence Winter.
Earlier, the 36-year-old actor has worked with the acclaimed director in four films.The pair have previously worked together on Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed and Shutter Island.
DiCaprio recently completed filming Baz Lurhman‘s The Great Gatsby alongside Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire.