Having just confirmed a deal with New Regency to fund his latest directorial effort THE REVENANT, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is in talks with Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn to headline the project. The film will be based on the best-selling novel by Michael Punke and will follow the character of Huge Glass, who after being severely injured in a bear attack on a fur-trapping expedition, is then robbed and left for dead. Surviving both acts, Glass sets on a quest to find the men responsible and seek his own brand of justice.
Penn previously worked with Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu on his English-language debut 21 GRAMS (2003), alongside Benecio Del Toro and Naomi Watts. The directors last feature was the award-winning BIUTIFUL, that saw Javier Bardem give another powerful Acadamy Award nominated performance.
Source: Deadline.
