Paul Greengrass and Leonardo Dicaprio will work together
After Universal Studio has abandoned the project of Paul Greengrass "Memphis", the director was looking for a new material. In all likelihood, it will be a book by John D. MacDonald "The Deep Blue Good-Bye". Adaptation is preparing studio 20th Century Fox with Leonardo DiCaprio and company Appian Way. It is possible that DiCaprio will star in new film of Greengrass.
Now the project for some time is under development. To make a film based on the novel was going Oliver Stone. The protagonist of "The Deep Blue Good-Bye" Travis McGee lives on a barge, has won at poker, and moored off the coast of Florida. He is unemployed, and earning a livelihood that finds missing things, collecting a considerable percentage of their respective owners. One of Travis tasks is searching for treasures hidden by soldier during World War II.
The novel was first published in 1964, and then followed a series of books about Travis McGee. Totally McDonald has written 21 books about this character.
If Leonardo DiCaprio has time, then in his hands will be a real franchise. Importantly - to solve the problem over time. Now the actor is busy filming "J. Edgar's" by Clint Eastwood, and in late summer should start to work in the film adaptation of the novel "The Great Gatsby" which Baz Luhrmann will shoot in Australia.
However, "The Deep Blue Good-Bye" - not the only project to which is eyeing Paul Greengrass. Director of "The Bourne Ultimatum" has received a proposal from Warner studio to shoot the tape, called "Here There Be Monsters". Degraded officer of the British Navy recruits transport tycoon to find the cause of the disappearance of its ships in the North Atlantic. The reason turns out to be a giant sea serpent. In addition, Greengrass was interested in the opportunity to make a film about the founder of the site WikiLeaks Julian Assange.