Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio reteam for The Low Dweller

By M&C Movie News Mar 21, 2008, 13:16 GMT

U.S actor Leonardo Dicaprio arrives to the opening ceremony of the 7th Marrakesh International Film Festival, late 07 December 2007. EPA/KARIM SELMAOUI

Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio are set to reteam for the dark thriller The Low Dweller - which Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media picked up after a bidding war.

Scott and DiCaprio are lined up to produce the film – which also has DiCaprio attached to star and Scott in talks to direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The Low Dweller is said to be similar to The History of Violence and No Country for Old Men and is a spec from first-time author Brad Ingelsby – who has been working on the script in his spare time.
Ingelsby (who has yet to make a move towards Hollywood) also works as an insurance salesman in Pennsylvania. His script has sold for $650,000 against $1.1 million.

The film’s plot is set in Indiana during the mid-1980s, and follows a man (DiCaprio) trying to assimilate back into normal society following his release from prison. He soon discovers someone from his past is pursuing him to settle an old score. There is also a third male character and a female love interest that are said to figure prominently in the script.

The Low Dweller is scheduled to be produced by Scott's Scott Free Prods., DiCaprio's Appian Way and Ingelsby manager Brooklyn Weaver. It will be the second time DiCaprio and Scott have worked together. The two just finished the geopolitical thriller Body of Lies from Warners.