Leonardo DiCaprio is set to produce and star in a film based on the story of Enron's collapse, Variety.com reports.

Film studio Warner Bros. is completing a deal for the rights to "Conspiracy of Fools," a book by New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald.

DiCaprio will play a new employee at Enron who exposes the corruption and greed that forced the energy company in bankruptcy in 2001.

DiCaprio is set to produce the film through his company, Appian Way.