Leonardo DiCaprio is in talks to star in Guillermo del Toro’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning hit, The Shape of Water.
According to Variety, DiCaprio is in negotiations to star in del Toro’s adaptation of Nightmare Alley. In addition to directing, del Toro co-wrote the screenplay with Kim Morgan.
Fox Searchlight, which handled distribution for The Shape of Water, will also distribute Nightmare Alley.
The film is based on William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel, which tells the story of a sleazy con-man and a mentalist who work at a carnival. A 1947 adaptation of the film starred Tyrone Power, but Variety reports the del Toro adaptation will be rooted more in the novel than the prior movie adaptation.