Jared Leto to Play Andy Warhol in Upcoming Biopic

Jared Leto is set to play Andy Warhol in a new biopic, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The actor will also be co-producing the movie with Michael De Luca, who's behind Oscar-nominated films The Social Network, Moneyball and Captain Phillips (as well as the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise).

Terence Winter (creator of Boardwalk Empire and writer of The Wolf of Wall Street) is penning the screenplay. It will be based on Victor Bockris 1989 book, Warhol: The Biography. Andy Warhol jumpstarted the pop art movement during the '60s, which included famous works like the Campbell's soup cans, Coca-Cola bottles, celebrity portraits and other elements that incorporated pop culture and American consumerism.