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DiCaprio, Hill re-team for story of Richard Jewell

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.

Leonardo DiCaprio says he and “The Wolf of Wall Street” co-star Jonah Hill are “going to come up with something unique” as they re-team to tell the story of 1996 Olympics security guard Richard Jewell.

Hill will star as Jewell in the planned film, which was presented to the two actors as they searched for another joint project after the Oscar-nominated depiction of stockbroker excess.

DiCaprio is expected to both produce and play Jewell’s attorney.

Jewell initially was hailed as a hero for spotting a suspicious backpack and moving people out of harm’s way just before a bomb exploded in the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, killing one and injuring 111 others.

But within days, he was named as a suspect in the blast.

He eventually was exonerated and died in 2007 at age 44.

Associated Press