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Leonardo DiCaprio is posed to hunt an al Qaeda leader in a movie adaptation of David Ignatius's novel "Body of Lies," Variety reported Monday.
DiCaprio, who received an Oscar nomination this year for his performance in action-adventure "Blood Diamond," will play an ex-journalist-turned CIA agent who is sent to Jordan to track an al-Qaeda leader planning attacks on America.
The film, which will dredge up memories of 9.11 when al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden organized a terrorist attack on New York and Washington, is to shoot in Morocco later this year.
British filmmaker Ridley Scott ("Gladiator," "Blade Runner") is to direct the movie and Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan ("The Departed") will provide the script, the report added.
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