That Didn't Take Long: DiCaprio And Paramount Studios To Produce Film About VW's Diesel Scandal

Here’s an interesting turn of events for the monstrous cheating emissions crisis that has bewildered the biggest automaker in the world by sales after the first six months, Germany’s Volkswagen AG.

The clean diesel scandal – also nicknamed “dieselgate” – while still under development – has already been optioned by Hollywood as a possible film adaptation of the entire shenanigan. Paramount Pictures and Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way have decided to option the rights to a book that has not even been written or given a title, to be written by New York Times journalist Jack Ewing and revolving around the still ongoing scandal.
 

TheSteve - 10/13/2015 11:59:06 AM

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This looks to me like Hollywood's version of an ambulance-chasing lawyer. Where there's money to be made...

CarCrazedinCali - 10/13/2015 5:25:27 PM

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how dumb

jameswisrik - 10/13/2015 6:08:52 PM

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I hear ben Affleck is doing the GM ignition story...

Matt Damon is doing Toyota - Unintended Acceleration by Old Drunk Religious folks.

Dexter1 - 10/14/2015 9:57:26 AM

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This film will debut in sleep clinics all across the US and Europe.