Boston native and author Dennis Lehane's written some fantastic novels that have been converted into some strong films. Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone starred several world class actors like Sean Penn, Ed Harris, and Kevin Bacon. The most recent of his works to make it to film was 2010's Shutter Island, a fantastic and severely underrated film. It starred Leonardo DiCaprio in a role that I personally thought was one of the best of his career.
Well now it appears that Lehane's fiction may translate into another DiCaprio role. Lehane's next novel will be "Live by Night," set to be released this fall. The story involves several characters from a previous Lehane novel entitled "The Given Day" making their way through the Prohibition Era during the 1920s.
Warner Bros. just acquired the rights to the novel on DiCaprio's behalf. Now whether or not that means he'll actually star in the film is another story. Currently DiCaprio is filming Quentin Tarantino's latest movie Django Unchained, and is set to reteam with long time collaborator Martin Scorcese at the end of this summer for The Wolf of Wall Street.
No director is attached at this time but expect to hear more news after the book is released.
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