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Leo-Brad Pitt may combine in Scorsese film

March 02, 2004 17:08 IST

 Leonardo DiCaprioFirst, they teamed up in Gangs Of New York (2002). Now, they are through filming The Aviator, a biopic of famous movie producer and aviator Howard Hughes.

A Yahoo! movies report mentions that Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese may work together again for Internal Affairs, a remake of three Chinese gangster films, Wu Jian Dao. Apparently, Scorsese is fixed on casting DiCaprio in one of the lead roles, even as his representatives are in talks with Warner Bros. 

The other high profile actor likely to star in the movie is Brad Pitt. Among the list of producers on this film, besides Scorsese, are Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Grey.

Set in Boston, the film will revolve around Irish-American gangsters and corrupt police officers.

DiCaprio is scheduled to play Alexander The Great with Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann's untitled film. He will also be seen in Robert DeNiro's The Good Shepherd, a movie about the history of the CIA.

Meanwhile, Pitt will be seen in Wolfgang Petersen's ambitious saga, Troy, in May.

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