Leonardo DiCaprio to make Bollywood film debut'

Shah Rukh Khan has reportedly signed Leonardo DiCaprio for his upcoming crossover project.

DiCaprio has been linked to the Indo-US production Xtreme City, along with Martin Scorsese, who is said to be producing the film.

Screenwriter Mushtaq Shiekh confirmed the casting to Hindustan Times, saying: "It's true. We are all elated. This is the best news I have heard in a long time."

The tabloid reports that the three stars discussed the possibility of working together when they met in Germany.

"The sheer logistics of merging two great filmmaking cultures seemed overwhelming, until a secret meeting took place on February 12 at last year's Berlin Film Festival," a source revealed.

Filming on the movie will commence in 2012 at the earliest.

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Shahrukh Khan to share screen space with Di Caprio?

If rumors are to be believed, then the Baadshah of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan is gearing up to share screen space with the high-flying Hollywood hunk Leonardo Di Caprio.

Grapevine has it that the Hollywood filmmaker Martin Scorsese is looking forward to cast King Khan and the ‘Titanic’ star Leonardo Di Carprio together, in his future flick titled ‘Xtrme City'.

The planning for this project began at the Berlin Film Festival, which the B-town megastar Shahrukh Khan had attended for his 2010 blockbuster film ‘My Name is Khan’, and the Hollywood actor Leonardo and producer Martin were there to promote their film ‘Shutter Island'.

‘Xtrme City' is going to be directed by the 1976s 'Taxi Driver' fame director Paul Schrader.

It’s learnt that the Bollywood screenwriter Mushtaq Shiekh will be lending a helping hand to Paul Schrader, in penning down the script for the film.

The forthcoming flick ‘Xtrme City' is on the whole a crime story, based on the gangsters of Mumbai. The movie will be largely shot in Mumbai, India.

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