Actor Russell Crowe will team up with director Ridley Scott for a fifth time in a movie thriller with an Al Qaeda plot.

Leonardo DiCaprio will also star in Body of Lies which has been written by The Departed's William Monahan and directed by Scott.

The Gladiator star will play a Cia boss who teams up with DiCaprio as an operative trying to trap an Al Qaeda leader.

According to Moviehole.net, producers have been desperate to cast Crowe for months, and although he is on board, he wants to read "a polished rewrite" before committing to a contract.