Leonardo DiCaprio is set to play a former hit-man in Beat the Reaper, according to Variety.
Leo will star as a contract killer who enters the witness protection program and becomes a doctor. He is drawn into his former world however when a mobster recognizes the medic from his former life.
The New Regency film is based on the novel by real-life doctor Josh Bazell, with the tome is set for publication next year.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Ex-Hitman in his new project
DiCaprio has just finished filming Martion Scorsese’s thriller Shutter Island and is also developing a live-action version of anime classic Akira for Warner Brothers.
