Leonardo DiCaprio will star in the Martin Scorsese-directed The Wolf of Wall Street for Warner Bros. Pictures, with The Sopranos writer Terence Winter penning the script. The project is an adaptation of Jordan Belfort’s upcoming autobiography, which tells the story of how the Long Island stockbroker, to be played by DiCaprio, served 20 months in prison for refusing to cooperate in a 1990s securities fraud case that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including mob infiltration. The book publishes in September. The movie deal closed on Friday (March 23) after a brief bidding war between Warner and DiCaprio’s Appian Way production company and Paramount and Brad Pitt’s Plan B. It is not yet known when Scorsese is scheduled to begin work on Wolf. He currently is developing, and may direct, The Long Play, a rock ‘n’ roll epic to be penned by Departed writer William Monahan, as well as an adaptation of Eric Jager’s book Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, and is said to be eyeing an adaptation of Brian Selznick’s children’s novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret. DiCaprio just signed on to star alongside Kate Winslet in an adaptation of Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road.

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are teaming for the first time since Titanic to star in DreamWorks’ Revolutionary Road, reports Variety.Sam Mendes will direct the movie, based on the acclaimed 1961 novel by Richard Yates about post-war disillusionment.

John N. Hart, Scott Rudin, Bobby Cohen and Mendes, who’s married to Winslet, will produce in association with BBC Films.

Yates’ heart-rending and bleak book, celebrated for its storytelling style, follows a seemingly happy suburban couple with two children in the mid-1950s who find themselves caught between their true desires and the pressure to conform — with explosive consequences.

Mendes begins filming this summer from an adapted screenplay by writer Justin Haythe. Paramount Pictures has worldwide rights.

Leonardo DiCaprio is so smitten with British TV presenter Cat Deeley he’s dubbed U.K. women the “loveliest in the world.” The actor, whose relationship with Israeli swimsuit model Bar Rafaeli is reportedly on the rocks, was thrilled to meet the 30-year-old beauty when she was filming hit TV talent show “So You Think You Can Dance” in Los Angeles last year.

He already has plenty of experience with English beauties – he’s appeared on screen alongside Kate Winslet and Kate Beckinsale in the past – but it’s Deeley who’s stolen his heart.

He gushes, “Cat’s lovely. But then most English girls are. This country churns out some of the loveliest women in the world.”

Rumour has it Leonardo DiCaprio had a spat with his model girlfriend Bar Rafaeli via cellphone . DiCaprio, who was in London for the premiere of Blood Diamond, was spotted at club Aura, the UK’s Mirror reported. “His friends were having a good time but Leo just sat there looking really glum and texting all night,” a source said. “Then as they were leaving, Leo’s phone rang and he started having a heated conversation.” A pal of the actor told the Mirror, “He was really into Bar in the beginning but now he’s kinda getting to the end of his tether. He finds her really clingy and being apart because of work causes rows.”

They’ve all adopated African orphans!!

Except Leo won’t be bringing his baby home anytime soon.  NY Post is reporting:

Following in Angelina’s and Madonna’s footsteps, Leonardo DiCaprio is jumping on the adopt-a-baby bandwagon. While in South Africa filming “Blood Diamond,” he met a little girl that he “adopted.” Unlike his predecessors, though, Leo won’t be bringing home baby. He’ll just be cutting a monthly check and checking in by phone.

Have you guys seen the preview for this movie?  Will you see it?  I don’t know…the movie itself doesn’t seem all that good to me – but I’ll probably see it because Leonardo Dicaprio just doesn’t make a bad movie.