Leonardo DiCaprio is all set to star as an Al Qaeda leader in a hard-hitting new Ridley Scott drama. He will play a journalist-turned-CIA agent who is given the task of locating a terrorist in Jordan who’s planning an attack on America in Body of Lies.

The film, which will dredge up memories of 9/11 when Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden organized a terrorist attack on New York and Washington, is to shoot in Morocco later this year.

The story will be adapted from David Ignatius’ book.