| Djimon Hounsou has been chosen to star with Leonardo DiCaprio in the African suspense film for Warner Bros. The Blood Diamond. Ed Zwick will direct the project. Jennifer Connelly is also currently in talks to star in the lead female role. The African adventure takes place in the Sierra Leone in 1999, when the nation is in the middle of a civil war. DiCaprio will play a contraband specialist whose sales help to support the rebels and terrorists. Filming is set to begin early 2006. Hounsou (The Island, Beauty Shop) is currently working on the film Eragon for Fox 2000. |