DiCaprio to headline 'Viking Braveheart'
Richard Orange - [email protected]
Published: 7 Aug, 2013 CET.
Updated: Wed 7 Aug 2013 09:20 CET
Leonardo DiCaprio has been lined up to play Harald Hardrada, Norway's warrior king, in a Warner Brothers production pitched as the "Viking Braveheart".
According to Hollywood industry website Deadline, Warner Brothers has signed a "blind script deal" with screenwriter Mark L Smith, who is developing the script as a vehicle for DiCaprio. DiCaprio, a history buff, has long been interested in headlining a Viking movie, and was once slated to star in a Mel Gibson Viking epic that was eventually never made. The Great Gatsby star will co-produce the film alongside Jennifer Davisson Killoran, his partner in production company Appian Way. Harald Hardrada ruled Norway from 1046 until 1066, when he was killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, bringing the last Viking invasion of Great Britain to an end.
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According to Hollywood industry website Deadline, Warner Brothers has signed a "blind script deal" with screenwriter Mark L Smith, who is developing the script as a vehicle for DiCaprio.
DiCaprio, a history buff, has long been interested in headlining a Viking movie, and was once slated to star in a Mel Gibson Viking epic that was eventually never made.
The Great Gatsby star will co-produce the film alongside Jennifer Davisson Killoran, his partner in production company Appian Way.
Harald Hardrada ruled Norway from 1046 until 1066, when he was killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, bringing the last Viking invasion of Great Britain to an end.
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