DiCaprio and Ridley Scott to Join Forces (Yet Again) on Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

It's getting nearly impossible to keep up with Leonardo DiCaprio's future projects. In the past six weeks, we've reported on three new films he's either working on or that are in the pipeline: Akira, The Low Dweller and Cocaine Cowboys.

Get ready for a fourth.

According to The Sunday Times, DiCaprio will work with Ridley Scott on the first ever film adaptation of Aldous Huxley's legendary novel, Brave New World. Though for years there had been much behind the scenes jousting over the property, Huxley's granddaughter says, “There is now nothing stopping this film.”

How did DiCaprio get in position to acquire this coveted novel? The way it usually happens: Huxley's widow became friends with Leo's dad.

“Laura and I were friends, and Leo was friends with Laura’s ward Karen: they were toddlers playing together,” said George DiCaprio, adding, “Laura always wanted a film made of Brave New World, but the technology was not there to make it look convincing. It is a vast futuristic world to put on screen, packed with many ideas which made it tough for some studios to deal with. And there were also family issues."

The family issues were linked to royalty rights for the heirs, which has since been adjusted.

In the film, DiCaprio is expected to play John the Savage, who lives a natural life "while the rest of cloned humanity is lulled into docility with sex, soma (drugs) and feelies (films that also involve the senses of smell and touch)."

Though there are no production or release dates to mention, The Sunday Times indicates that Universal will distribute the film, which, given Scott's visionary work on the similarly futuristic Blade Runner, should at the very least look the part.