Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and screenwriter John Logan are in early talks for a remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1948 classic
Drunken Angel, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The trio worked together on
The Aviator. DiCaprio is attached to star in
Drunken Angel with Logan writing the project, which is being discussed as a potential directing vehicle for Scorsese.
Kurosawa's film, which was set in postwar Japan, centered on a young criminal who is being treated for tuberculosis by an alcoholic doctor.