Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio would be teaming up with Bollywood actor-producer Abhay Deol to produce a sports biopic titled 'Pep', based on the legendary mid-20th century featherweight boxer Willie Pep.

According to Variety, DiCaprio would be producing the biopic under his Appian Way Productions, teaming up with Deol's Canada based Blisspoint Entertainment and Singapore's Golden Ratio Films. The film is poised to begin production in Hartford, Connecticut, Pep's home-state, with Robert Kolodny directing from a screenplay by Steve Loff.