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DiCaprio eyes 'Chancellor Manuscript'

Published Friday, Jan 15 2010, 16:03 GMT | By Simon Reynolds
DiCaprio eyes 'Chancellor Manuscript'

Rex Features

Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly circling the lead role in Quantum Of Solace director Marc Forster's political thriller The Chancellor Manuscript.

Paramount reportedly paid in the region of $4 million to secure the movie rights to Bourne Identity author Robert Ludlum's novel and have contracted Peter O'Brien to adapt it for the big screen, says Variety.

The story involves author Peter Chancellor writing a fiction book about Washington power brokers who find themselves blackmailed into changing US policies. When real government workers read the manuscript, they believe that they have been found out and attempt to hunt down Chancellor.

DiCaprio is also involved in Chancellor in a producer capacity.
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