Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio would be teaming up with Bollywood actor-producer Abhay Deol to produce a sports biopic titled `Pep`, based on the legendary mid-20th century featherweight boxer Willie Pep.

According to Variety, DiCaprio would be producing the biopic under his Appian Way Productions, teaming up with Deol`s Canada based Blisspoint Entertainment and Singapore`s Golden Ratio Films. The film is poised to begin production in Hartford, Connecticut, Pep`s home-state, with Robert Kolodny directing from a screenplay by Steve Loff.