03.21.08: Scott & DiCaprio Go 'Low', Giamatti Joins 'Duplicity'

Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio, who recently worked together on Body Of Lies, may reteam for The Low Dwelling. Brad Ingelsby’s script is set in 1986 Indiana, where a man imprisoned for murder is released only to discover his loser brother has been killed after becoming involved in a seedy gambling racket. Rather than staying straight, he decides to avenge his brother’s death. With its No Country For Old Men-like storyline, Ingelsby’s dark thriller was snapped up for $1.1 million by Relativity Media, who envisage a short shoot that Scott and DiCaprio can squeeze in between bigger projects. More at The Hollywood Reporter

Giamatti Joins Duplicity
Fresh off his portrayal of John Adams, Paul Giamatti has signed up for writer-director Tony Gilroy’s Michael Clayton follow-up, about a nasty game of corporate one-upmanship between rival industrialists (Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson). Julia Roberts and Clive Owen play the company spies on opposite sides of the battle-lines who are having a clandestine affair. More at Variety

Doomsday Director Takes Jackman For a Drive
Neil Marshall, the British helmer of Doomsday, will follow up his apocalyptic actioner with Drive, starring Hugh Jackman as a Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver in heists. “I’ve wanted to bring a British sensibility to an LA shoot and a scorched classic film noir concept,” says Marshall, who hopes to shoot this summer. More at Variety

Gervais Rounds Up Ace Cast For Truth
Ricky Gervais continues to gather an excellent comic cast for his upcoming comedy This Side Of The Truth, about a world where no one has ever had the ability to lie. Until Gervais discovers he can. Joining The Office creator are Tina Fey, Christopher Guest, Jeffrey Tambor, Louis CK, Jonah Hill and Jennifer Garner. To read Gervais’ own blog on the film, head over HERE.