April 24 (UPI) -- Leonardo DiCaprio is being eyed to star in director Guillermo del Toro's next film, a remake of Nightmare Alley.
Nightmare Alley, released in 1947, was an adaptation of the William Lindsay Gresham novel of the same name. The film starred Tyrone Power and Joan Blondel and followed a con man who hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is able to turn the tables on him.