Tom Hardy in talks to reunite onscreen with Leonardo DiCaprio

British actor Tom Hardy is in negotiations to reunite onscreen with his Inception co-star Leonardo DiCaprio in gritty new thriller The Revenant.

The movie will feature DiCaprio as 19th century fur trapper Hugh Glass, who is left for dead by his associates after being mauled by a grizzly bear, and now The Dark Knight Rises star Hardy is said to be in "serious talks" to join the cast of director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's project, according to film blog SchmoesKnow.com.

Production on The Revenant, based on Michael Punke's 2002 book of the same name, is scheduled to begin in September (14) with a planned release for autumn 2015.