Leonardo DiCaprio Signs on to Beat the Reaper

Leonardo DiCaprio has lined up his next project. The actor will play a former hit-man in Beat the Reaper.

According to Variety, DiCaprio will star as a contract killer who enters the witness protection program; once there, he becomes a doctor.

The character is drawn in to his former world, though, when a mobster recognizes the medic from his former life.

DiCaprio's current movie pits him alongside Kate Winlset in Revolutionary Road.