Confirmed: Martin Scorsese to Direct Leonardo DiCaprio in 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'

The Collider:
Red Granite Pictures has confirmed last month’s report that Martin Scorsese will reteam with Leonardo DiCaprio for the adaptation of Jordan Belfort‘s memoir The Wolf of Wall Street. DiCaprio will play Belfort, a hard partying, drug addicted stockbroker who was indicted in 1998 for security fraud and money laundering and served a 22-month federal prison stretch. Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter penned the script. Filming is slated to begin in New York in August.