Marc Forster, who last directed the spy-heavy world of James Bond in QUANTUM OF SOLACE, is attached to direct MANUSCRIPT for DiCaprio and Paramount. Back in 2005 the studio paid $4 million for the rights to the thriller and currently has hired Peter O’Brien to write a new draft (previous scripts will seemingly be chucked while Forster oversees this version). The film follows Peter Chancellor (DiCaprio), an author who turns in a manuscript of his latest novel that some in Washington DC feel is awfully close to real blackmail and corruption in the US government. Cause yeah, a lot of writers look like Leonardo DiCaprio….
DiCaprio can be seen next this summer in INCEPTION and he’ll be narrating the upcoming documentary HUBBLE 3D.