EXCLUSIVE: In a pre-emptive situation, MGM has secured a deal for the feature film project Jim Jones, with Leonardo DiCaprio in final talks to star as the 1970s religious cult leader who was behind the Jonestown mass suicide on November 18, 1978 that took more than 900 lives. The Oscar winner will produce for his Appian Way company alongside Jennifer Davisson.
1978 Jonestown massacre: What you’re not being told
Leonardo DiCaprio To Play Cult Leader ‘Jim Jones’ In MGM Movie – Deadline
Ericson Report 