OUR LEADING MAN LEO
DiCaprio's Upcoming Work + Don't Look Up
It may have taken Leonardo DiCaprio seven nominations to win an Oscar, but he got there with his 2016 Best Actor win for The Revenant. The actor, who first captured our hearts as the lead in 1996’s Romeo + Juliet, and 1997’s Titanic has proven that he’s more than a romantic leading man. He keeps taking on more diverse roles in wide-ranging projects and showing us just how talented he is. Let’s take a look at his upcoming projects.
Don’t Look Up
DiCaprio has joined the star-studded cast of Adam McKay’s next picture. The movie follows a pair of junior astronomers who go on a massive media tour to convince everyone that an approaching comet will destroy the world. The film also stars Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Timothée Chalamet, Chris Evans, and Meryl Streep. While there’s no official release date, it will stream on Netflix.
The Black Hand
This crime drama based on Stephan Talty’s—who also wrote the screenplay— book of the same name follows a police officer named Joe Petrosino. He sets out to bring down a violent Italian-American gang in New York City. DiCaprio will be Petrosino in the film. No other cast or release info is available.
For the next three projects, DiCaprio will once again work with The Wolf of Wall Street director Martin Scorsese.
Killers of the Flower Moon
This historical crime drama will follow a massive FBI investigation into a slew of mysterious murders of Osage tribe members. DiCaprio will co-star with Robert De Niro. As of now, there are no other details about the plot or casting.
The Devil in the White City
This upcoming TV series has been garnering buzz for some time now, but it finally looks like a go. DiCaprio will star as notorious serial killer H.H. Holmes during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. While architect Daniel H. Burnham is working on the World’s Fair, Holmes builds a nearby hotel to lure his victims to their doom. The series is based on Erik Larson’s non-fiction book of the same name.
Roosevelt
This one is self-explanatory. DiCaprio will star as President Theodore Roosevelt in this biopic about the 26th President of the United States. Martin Scorsese will direct from a script by Scott Bloom. No other cast details have been made available.
