FOURTH TIME'S A CHARM

Variety reports that Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio will reteam yet again early next year on the flick "Shutter Island," a Laeta Kalogridis-scripted adaptation of the Dennis Lehane ("Mystic River," "Gone Baby Gone").

Set in 1954, the drama is set in 1954, with DiCaprio in final talks to play U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, who is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.

The Paramount and Sony Pictures co-production is being rushed forward for a March start of shooting. Filming will take place in Massachusetts, Connecticut or Nova Scotia.

The duo's first joint effort was "Gangs of New York," followed by "The Aviator," and then last year's "The Departed." All of the films were nominated for Oscars in one capacity or another with "The Departed" snagging a statuette for Best Picture.