Leonardo DiCaprio to star in Frank Sinatra biopic?

Leonardo DiCaprio will play Frank Sinatra in a new biopic directed by his long-time friend and director Martin Scorsese.

this Titanic star, who last worked with Martin in 2023 Killers of the Flower Moonwill now play Frank’s second wife, Ava Gardner, alongside Jennifer Lawrence daily mail.

Leonardo and Jennifer previously worked together in the 2021 film, Don’t look up.

according to typeDespite not having the support of the Sinatra family, Martin planned the biopic ahead of time.

Frank’s daughter Tina (Tina’s mother, Nancy Barbato, was Sinatra’s first wife before he left her for Ava) controls the icon’s estate and has her hands on a potential biopic key.

The outlet reports that the upcoming project is attracting “interest from major studios and streamers,” with Sony said to be the frontrunner to acquire the upcoming film.

For those unfamiliar, Leonardo and Martin had earlier appeared in six films together, including gangs of new york (2002), pilot (2004), The Departed Walker (2006), Shutter Island (2010), wolf of wall street (2013), audition (2015) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).

Interestingly, Leonardo was so eager to portray the character that he hired a vocal coach to imitate Sinatra’s famous singing voice.

At the same time, sources revealed type Martin “plans to shoot two movies without interruption; the first is about Jesus and the second is a Frank Sinatra biopic.