Tag: Beat the Reaper
D.J. Caruso to Direct Beat the Reaper, Leonardo DiCaprio to Star?
Disturbia director, D.J. Caruso is quite busy guy these days.
But, no, we’re not here to chat about his sci-fi film I Am Number Four! We’re here to report that he’s already set to direct the new film!
It will be an adaptation of Josh Bazell’s novel Beat the Reaper for 20th Century Fox. And while we’re still here, let’s say that Leonardo DiCaprio acquired the film rights to the novel through his Appian Way Company a couple of years ago.
Will DiCaprio star in this movie? Hmm… why not!
DiCaprio to Produce, Star in “Beat the Reaper” Adaptation
New Regency is acquiring screen rights to Josh Bazell‘s “Beat the Reaper“. The plan is for the film to star Leonardo DiCaprio.
“Beat the Reaper” centers on a Manhattan doctor whose former life as a hitman in the witness protection program is revealed after a chance encounter with a gangster in the emergency room. How a criminal gets the federal government to pay for six years of medical school is anyone’s guess – unless the doc was only killing people to pay off his student loans in the first place.
