Leonardo DiCaprio will finally see his passion project brought to the big-screen when he begins production on a biopic of famed writer-psychologist Timothy Leary, Variety reports.

DiCaprio will produce and may star in the flick that will showcase Leary's advocacy of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of the drug LSD and his escape from prison in 1970.

Hollywood has expressed interest in Leary's controversial life with Miramax Films also preparing a film titled "Timothy Leary: A Biography," and filmmaker Darren Aronofsky ("Requiem For a Dream") is also expected to direct a Leary movie.

DiCaprio will next appear in "The Departed," directed by Martin Scorsese.

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