Leo DiCaprio to Star in Mel Gibson’s Viking Film

(HMG) – Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in Mel Gibson’s next directorial effort, in an untitled project about the Vikings. DiCaprio,has “long been fascinated by Viking culture,” while the subject figures to settle nicely into Gibson’s resume of  violent historical films like “Braveheart,” “The Passion of the Christ” and “Apocalypto,” Variety reports.  “This will be an awe-inspiring story, created with some of the industry’s finest cinematic talent and I am just over the moon to be making this film with Mel, Leo and Bill,” producer Graham King said in a statement. William Monahan, who wrote The Departed, will be penning the new film.  DiCaprio has just completed the Christopher Nolan-directed “Inception” for Warner Bros. and will next be seen in the Martin Scorsese-directed “Shutter Island,” which Paramount releases Feb. 19.