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Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in Satori, based on the Don Winslow book about a Westerner trained as an assassin in Japan.

The actor would play Nicholai Hel, whose martial arts skills (and Go-based strategic thinking) help him survive against various espionage agencies and crime groups in post-World War II Southeast Asia.

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As it happens, DiCaprio’s gal pal Blake Lively is in the upcoming Savages, also based on a Winslow bestseller.

Deadline first reported the Satori project.

DiCaprio is busy, currently filming The Great Gatsby for Baz Luhrmann and preparing to play a plantation owner in Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained.

He’ll next be in theaters as J. Edgar Hoover in Clint Eastwood‘s biopic J. Edgar, the trailer for which can be seen here.

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Kurt Russell will reportedly replace Kevin Costner as one of the bad guys in Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino‘s star-studded project about a freed slave (Jamie Foxx) coming to rescue his wife from a plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio).

Russell’s sadistic character oversees the plantation.

Tarantino vet Samuel L. Jackson is also slated for the movie (as the head slave), and so is the director’s Inglorious Basterds star, Christoph Waltz, who will play the bounty hunter who teams up with Foxx.

Russell’s previous movie role was as the lead in Tarantino’s Grindhouse half, “Death Proof.”

Production on Django Unchained is slated to start next month.

Does it sound like something you want to see?

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Will Smith is reportedly the frontrunner to star in Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino‘s upcoming movie about a slave in the Old South searching for his wife.

The “spaghetti Western” would team the title character with a German bounty hunter, expected to be played by Christoph Waltz, as they look for Django’s wife and attempt to take down a plantation owner.

No official offer has been made, but Tarantino wants Smith for the role, according to THR.

Samuel L. Jackson is also being lined up for a part in the movie, Tarantino’s first since Inglourious Basterds. Filming would begin in the fall.

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Michael Madsen, best known for tough guy roles in Quentin Tarantino movies like Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill, is a wanted man after a judge reportedly issued a warrant for his arrest.

The actor failed to appear in court for a child and spousal support hearing last week, leading the judge to find him in contempt and issue the warrant, according to TMZ.

He allegedly owes approximately $570,000 in support debt.

Madsen is the brother of Academy Award nominee Virginia Madsen.

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“Peaches Geldof is to wed for the second time – aged 21 – after a whirlwind romance with horror movie director Eli Roth,” reads a piece in The Sun about the British socialite and the Hostel filmmaker.

Roth, who also starred in Inglourious Basterds, is supposedly planning a January rooftop wedding, where he and Geldof will have “a Jewish ceremony in front of 50 guests” including Basterds director, Quentin Tarantino.

Squeals a so-called pal, “They are trying to keep it secret – I don’t know if Peaches’ dad knows yet.”

Oy.

Forget her dad – someone should first inform Peaches and Roth.

The two are not getting married.

A rep for Roth tells Gossip Cop the wedding claim “isn’t true,” and Roth himself adds that he “had no idea” he was even engaged.

Mazel tov to The Sun for yet another wrong story.

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A week ago, the tabs were abuzz (again) with talk that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were breaking up. And if you recall, Gossip Cop was ahead of the curve, calling those rumors “bullsplit.”

For those still questioning whether they are or aren’t together, here are some notes from friends of ours who saw the couple last night at the Director’s Guild of America Awards, held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

According to one Gossip Cop pal, “They were smiling, happy and seemed to be enjoying a night out together.” That same source says, “They shared a few private jokes… Angelina laughed a number of times after Brad whispered stuff in her ear.”

Another onlooker tells Gossip Cop that Pitt, who was at the awards to introduce his “Inglourious Basterds” director, Quentin Tarantino, “kept his hand – a few times- on the small of [Angelina's] back. It was sweet.”

Hopefully, the media will remain sweet to them as well for the time being.

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