Leonardo DiCaprio to be a Prisoner?

His new Scorsese directed thriller "Shutter Island" just hit cinemas yesterday and he has "Inception" to come later this year but Leonardo DiCaprio is not one to let the grass grow under his feet.

Deadline Hollywood is reporting the Leo is circling "Prisoners," a film initially set to star Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg and to be directed by Bryan Singer but that has struggled to get off the ground.

Leo DiCaprio is taken with Prisoners, an Aaron Guzikowski-scripted drama that Alcon Entertainment partners Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson bought last year. At the time, they signed Antoine Fuqua to direct. He has since dropped out. DiCaprio’s very particular about his directors — since 2002, he has made 4 films with Martin Scorsese and the only other directors he's worked with have been Chris Nolan, Ridley Scott, Sam Mendes, and Ed Zwick. So Leo's participation will depend on who's helming.

Prisoner has a Mystic River-meets-Takenstoryline, and DiCaprio wants to play a small-town carpenter who takes matters into his own hands when his daughter and her friend are kidnapped. “In the 12 years we’ve run this company, this is the most interesting, morally complex thriller we’ve ever gotten, and we can’t wait to make the movie,” Kosove told me. The script made the most recent Black List. And the Alcon duo, who with Gil Netter are up for Best Picture for The Blind Side, are producing with Kira Davis and Adam Kohlbrenner. Warner Bros will distribute. I’m told Leo will likely make another movie before taking Prisoners.

Given the talent that has been attracted to this project we have to gather that the script is at the very least decent, now DiCaprio has signaled his interest I am sure it wont take long for a top level director to become attached, hopefully this time it finally gets made as I dig the premise.