Sanders boards DiCaprio's 'Low Dweller'

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Commercials director Rupert Sanders is in talks to helm The Low Dweller for Leonardo DiCaprio and Ridley Scott, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The Brad Ingelsby-scripted movie will centre on an ex-con who finds himself pursued by a figure from his past after being released from prison.

Ingelsby's script sparked a Hollywood bidding war last year, with DiCaprio's Appian Way and Scott's Scott Free Productions emerging with the rights to the project.

Sanders has previously directed ads for the Halo 3 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine video games. He is also attached to Warner Bros's remake of The Wild Geese.