‘Beat The Reaper’ Adaptation Eyed For DiCaprio

Ross Miller — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:52:03 +0000

New Regency is currently trying to acquire the rights to a novel by Josh Bazell called Beat The Reaper, and they’re looking at it to be a star vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio.

DiCaprio himself will produce, alongside Julie Yorn (Max Payne, The Devil’s Rejects) and Jennifer Davisson Killoran and will also be a co-production between Appian Way and a new production/ management company started by Ricky Yorn (who’s worked with DiCaprio before as producer on The Aviator and Gangs of New York).

The plot for the novel is:

A Manhattan emergency room doctor, whose life becomes complicated when a mobster recognizes the doc from his former life as a hitman who went into the witness protection program.

Yeah… it sounds familiar to me too…

For any of you who happen to not recognize the similarities with another film I’ll bring you into the loop. The plot ...

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