Leonardo DiCaprio Might Be Your Viking King; Will Probably Have Awful Accent

Leonardo DiCaprio, fresh off of the success of The Great Gatsby, and currently trying really hard to win that Oscar with The Wolf of Wall Street, might not only be making you a weaboo robot movie (and producing ANOTHER weaboo film, AKIRA) but he might also put on a fake beard and yell things in Nordic/Boston for your viewing pleasure.

Deadline with the scoop on King Harald:

Warner Bros has made a preemptive acquisition of King Harald, a pitch that Mark L. Smith is writing as a potential vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio. The subject: Harald Hardrada, the 11th Century conqueror who has been called the last great Viking king.

Can Leo pull it off? Yeah of course he can.

More on the story:

King Harald will be produced by DiCaprio and his Appian Way partner Jennifer Davisson Killoran. King Harald was King of Norway for two decades, but his quest for power and thirst for battle led to his being exiled for a time to Russia and then returning in triumph. The film envisioned is a Braveheart-style story.

The article notes that DiCaprio also circled a Viking picture for Mel Gibson before he got booted out of Hollywood. Now you'll never get to see how awesome Gibson's Viking film would be. Life sucks.