Leonardo DiCaprio was once set to headline and produce a major movie about Jim Jones, but why hasn't this film gotten off the ground?
Just because Leonardo DiCaprio doesn’t show up in a new movie every year doesn’t mean there isn’t frequent news about his potential future film exploits. After all, an actor like DiCaprio, the rare modern movie star, is bound to top the acting wish-lists of many studios and producers. It’s inevitable that DiCaprio’s name would surface a lot for projects that were in the earliest stages of development.
When Did Discussions About Leonardo DiCaprio's Jim Jones Movie Start? The saga of the Leonardo DiCaprio Jim Jones movie began in November 2021, when MGM plunked down a hefty sum well north of $1 million for a screenplay penned by Scott Rosenberg. There was no word on who would direct the movie at this stage, but DiCaprio was already signed on as a producer and was in deep discussions to take on the role of Jones.
This rebrand of MGM worked successfully in some ways, including scoring the studio’s first Best Picture Oscar nomination in over 30 years with Licorice Pizza. In an ideal world, a DiCaprio Jim Jones movie would’ve been a top priority for MGM and seen as the perfect next step to solidifying the studio as a major auteur-driven player for audiences. However, six months before MGM scooped up that Jim Jones movie screenplay, a major event befell this longstanding institution.
There would be no splashy news pieces about major auteurs contending for the chance to helm this project, nor a deluge of interviews with Leonardo DiCaprio about his creative process for getting into the mind of Jim Jones. Instead, this proposed movie fell to the wayside as Amazon opted to shift MGM in a different direction than the auteur-driven approach emphasized by De Luca and Abdy. It didn’t help that the notoriously choosy DiCaprio was keeping busy with other movies.
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