According to reports, Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in a viking movie to be directed by  Mel Gibson and written by Departed writer William Monahan.

Presumably DiCaprio will play the Viking who makes the other vikings row while his arms get flabby and he bangs models.

“This will be an awe-inspiring story, created with some of the industry’s finest cinematic talent, and I am just over the moon to be making this film with Mel, Leo and Bill,” producer Graham King said in a statement after the principals confirmed the project to Variety.

Gibson recently completed “Edge of Darkness” and Jodie Foster’s “The Beaver” both due out next year.

Shooting is expected to begin in fall 2010.