Top Story: Leonardo DiCaprio will ramble and gamble his way through a film set in the world of Costa Rican online casinos for Paramount. The studio picked up a pitch from Brian Koppelman and David Levien. DiCaprio is attached to star and produce under his Appain Way label. (Variety)

In Other News: Paramount also nabbed Liz Meriwether’s pitch for the action-comedy Honey Pot.  The film has been described as “a bunch of hot, funny women get their ‘Bourne’ on.” (Variety)

Natalie Portman is attached to play the lead in Darren Aronofsky’s ballet thriller Black Swan. (THR)

Marc Haimes is writing the feature Family History, which follows a family’s “treasure hunt through time,” for Fox. (THR)

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