Leonardo DiCaprio is in negotiations to star in director Baz Luhrmann and producer Dino De Laurentiis' historical epic about Alexander the Great for Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox. Additionally, Luhrmann and Dino De Laurentiis have teamed to open new, permanent soundstages in Morocco, for which an opening reception is scheduled Sept. The as-yet-unnamed studio facility, a partnership between the Dino De Laurentiis Co. and Luhrmann's Bazmark Films, will be headquartered in Ouarzazate, Morocco, and will be privately financed by Dino and Martha De Laurentiis.

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