Two Timothy Leary Biopics in the Works

Here is some news regarding the Timothy Leary biopics by way of Bruce Eisner and Michael Shields:

"Winona Ryder and Leonardo DiCaprio are battling it out with Darren Aronofsky to make the first biopic of counter-culture icon Timothy Leary. Ryder, Leary's god-daughter, and her father Michael Horowitz, Leary's best friend, have signed to be creative consultants for a forthcoming project by DiCaprio's production company Appian Way. DiCaprio's father, comic book writer George DiCaprio, was also a friend of the Harvard University professor and LSD pioneer." /Starpulse News Blog/

"The competition stems from director Darren Aronofsky (whose Oscar-winning girlfriend, Rachel Weisz, is pregnant with his child), who is also said to be working on a Leary-inspired film. Aronofsky's past work includes the sci-fi thriller 'Pi' and the drug-themed 'Requiem for a Dream.'" /Inside Online/