Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Jennifer Connelly is in negotiations to star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Warner Bros. Pictures' drama Blood Diamond, says The Hollywood Reporter. 

Edward Zwick will direct the film, which centers on a poor African farmer who gets caught up in a conflict between an American diamond smuggler (DiCaprio) and the syndicate that controls the local diamond mining industry.

The film, which is set to begin shooting early next year will also star Djimon Hounsou.