After teaming up successfully -- critically and financially -- for The Wolf of Wall Street, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill are partnering again. This time, they will tell the true story of Richard Jewell, the security guard who went from hero to suspect at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Fox has picked up the rights to the Vanity Fair article The Ballad of Richard Jewell, written by Marie Brenner, for the duo to star in.
DiCaprio will produce the adaptation with his partner Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Hill and Kevin Misher, who initially optioned the material.
Jewell was working as a security guard at the '96 Summer Games when he discovered a backpack containing pipe bombs, subsequently sounding the alarm and helping to clear the area. However, the bomb did detonate, killing one person and injuring dozens of others.
Initially hailed as a hero, Jewell was soon the prime suspect, as the FBI searched his home twice. A media frenzy painted him as an overweight failed cop and mama's boy, and he became the punchline for late-night jokes.
After being raked over the coals by the media, Jewell was cleared, but the damage had been done. Lawsuits followed (against NBC and CNN, among several others), and the FBI and other government agencies were forced to make public apologies.
Jewell, who did work as a police officer and a sheriff's deputy, died in 2007 at the age of 44 due to health issues linked to his weight.
The project is in development, and the goal is for Hill to play Jewell and DiCaprio to play Jewell's attorney.
The Wolf of Wall Street has grossed $103 million domestically and $226 million worldwide, while also nabbing five Oscar nominations, including ones for DiCaprio and Hill in the acting categories.
Super Bowl party buddies alert?!
Leonardo DiCaprio and model Nina Agdal were both partying at Club Avenue in New York until the early hours of Monday morning after the big football game on Sunday, and were seen leaving the city hot spot together at 5 a.m. These two sure know how to rally!
The Wolf of Wall Street star was dressed in a black leather jacket over a navy top, jeans and blue canvas shoes, along with a gray tweed cap, channeling his inner Great Gatsby. Nina, on the other hand, stayed covered with a black coat and strappy black heels.
Leo and Nina got into the same car when leaving the club, and attempted (but failed) to hide from the shutterbugs snapping pictures from outside the vehicle. DiCaprio ducked down in the front passenger seat, while Agdal's legs were seen in the backseat as she lay down.
Prior to their all-night bash, DiCaprio was enjoying the Super Bowl with his boys in a box suite at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, (and we now know how much one of those cost!).
Where Agdal enjoyed the game is still a mystery, but the bombshell actually participated in a little pigskin herself. Agdal, along with a number of other celebs, played in the DirecTV Beach Bowl. Nina shared a few photos from the event and wrote, "Had the greatest time at #beachbowl @directv go blue!!"
The 39-year-old actor is dating 21-year-old model Toni Garrn, and the pair was seen getting their smooch on at the CAA Golden Globes after-party at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood last month.
Meanwhile, the Sports Illustrated beauty has been cozying up to The Wanted's Max George for quite some time now. The singer gushed about his 21-year-old ladylove in late October, saying, "She makes me laugh. She's so funny and daft. She's not at all high-maintenance—she just likes to have fun. She's just a mate and obviously, yes, she's absolutely stunning."
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