DiCaprio lined up for science fiction thriller

March 05, 2009 12:15:11 PM

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Leonardo DiCaprio is to star in a new science-fiction film being shot by "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan, entertainment industry reports said Wednesday.

DiCaprio, 34, whose most recent film was the drama "Revolutionary Road," is in final negotiations for the film, titled "Inception," Daily Variety reported.

Details of the film's plot have been kept tightly under wraps but reports described the film as a contemporary science-fiction movie set within the architecture of the mind.

DiCaprio will next be seen in the thriller "Shutter Island," his fourth collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.