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DiCaprio, Hill to reunite for Greengrass drama

Jonah Hill, Leonardo DiCaprio
Jonah Hill, Leonardo DiCaprio

The Wolf of Wall Street stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill are set to reteam on an upcoming project from Paul Greengrass.

They will star in a fact-based terrorist thriller set during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Deadline reports.

The as-yet untitled production from Fox is based on a 1997 Vanity Fair article by Marie Brenner called American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell.

It is about a security guard Richard Jewell (Hill) who discovered a pipe bag filled with bombs outside the Olympic Park in July 1996, and managed to evacuate the area.

However, following the incident he was vilified in the media and investigated by the FBI for planting the bomb.

DiCaprio will star as Jewell's southern attorney in the big-screen adaptation of the story.

The script for Greengrass's project has been written by Billy Ray. They previously worked together on the drama Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks.

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