Leonardo DiCaprio’s Preproduction Movies
March 3rd, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized — Movie Critic
I am a huge fan of Leonardo DiCaprio’s films. He has amazed me in his development as an actor from his early beginnings and began to follow him in earnest when I saw him star in “This Boy’s Life” and “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”, both released in 1993. Other films that are my favorites that DiCaprio starred in are “The Basketball Diaries”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “Titanic”, “Catch Me if you Can”, “The Aviator”, and of course “Shutter Island”.
He has shown the ability to develop such a wide range of characters that it makes me excited at the thought of what will come next, what gem of entertainment is on the horizon, so I decided to look into Leonardo DiCaprio’s preproduction movies.
The first film that I came across is more of a post production classification than a preproduction movie. “Inception”, due to be released on July 16, 2010, just finished production and has already started releasing trailers. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan (“The Dark Knight” & “Insomnia”) and with a solid supporting cast this looks to be an excellent adventure into the science fiction and mystery genres for DiCaprio.
In “Inception” one can enter the mind and dreams of others through the use of an injection and plant or retrieve information. The trailers I saw are definitely teasers giving little information on what to expect other than some good special effects.
Additional Leonardo DiCaprio’s preproduction movies include “Beat the Reaper”, “The Low Dweller”, and “Prisoners”. I also saw a list of over 25 films in development listed under DiCaprio’s name at the IMDB site but there is no final word as to if these films will even make it to preproduction or if DiCaprio will ultimately take on the films.
“Beat the Reaper” is based on a book written by Josh Bazell. DiCaprio will be playing a doctor who is in the Witness Protection Program do to ties with the mob. Everything is going great until a member of the mob is admitted into the hospital DiCaprio’s character is working at and recognizes him. It certainly sounds like it will be an interesting plot with plenty of opportunity for DiCaprio to develop the character. I refuse to purchase and read the book until after seeing the movie.
“The Low Dweller” is a dark thriller that has a man being released from prison and shows his struggles to acclimate himself into society. The problem is he is haunted from a figure that shows up from his past looking to settle a score he has against him. This is based on screenwriter Brad Ingelsby’s first production and there was still negotiations going on to find a director at the time I write this article.
The “Prisoners” is written by Aaron Guzikowski. It is about a father, a small town carpenter, who decides to take the law into his own hands and then seeks justice against those who kidnap his daughter and her best friend. This is certainly a story line I have seen done before but not with an actor of the magnitude of DiCaprio.
It certainly seems from the list of Leonardo DiCaprio’s preproduction movies that we are entering a string of movies where DiCaprio plays characters in dark thrillers and mysteries. He has shown he certainly shines in this genre but I do hope in the future we will also see him return to other avenues as well to display his amazing talent and wide range of abilities.
I am a huge fan of movies and television. I sincerely hope you enjoyed this article. I will be publishing more articles in the near future on post production, preproduction, and prerelease movies as well as reviewing some of my all time favorite movie and television productions.
