Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson are set to produce Paramount's movie about the Volkswagen clean diesel scandal, according to Variety. The movie will be based on Jack Ewing's upcoming book that surveys the great scandal that rocked Volkswagen and the world just over a week ago. Volkswagen has been exposed as having fitted its 'clean diesel' vehicles with illegal software that set off a 'cheat switch' during emission testing that would falsely meet the EPA standards. As a result, Volkswagen is facing up to $18 billion dollars in fines from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
DiCaprio, while being renowned for roles from Titanic to the over-the-top The Wolf of Wall Street is also a well-known environmentalist, having been appointed last year as a UN representative on climate change, while rolling with a host of high-profile political figures from Al Gore to Vladimir Putin.
Meantime, we don't know how deep the Volkswagen scandal will go. In the UK, the British boss of Volkswagen, Paul Willis, has come under scrutiny by the Transportation Committee of the British Government to which he gave an apology. And a China watchdog organization has expressed concerns about the emissions software in Volkswagen's diesel cars, stating the issue must be addressed immediately.
As the evidence continues to mount against the dethroned German car maker, and DiCaprio remains poised to create the movie, we may, once all is said and done, have no less than a blockbuster on our hands.
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