Director Michael Mann (
Collateral) and Leonardo DiCaprio will collaborate on a drama about the great crime wave of 1933-34 called
Public Enemies, accoridng to Variety.
Based on the bestselling book by "Barbarians at the Gate" author Bryan Burrough.
Pic will tell the story of how the government's attempt to stop Depression-era criminal legends John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd transformed J. Edgar Hoover's FBI from a powerless agency into the country's first federal police force.
It is unclear yet which role DiCaprio will take, or even which side of the law his character will be on.