Leonardo DiCaprio begins plans to make Volkswagen scandal into movie.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Wolf of Wall Street’ actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, has jumped at the chance to make a movie about the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal.

He will be producing a big screen version of a yet-to-be released book dubbed 'the Too Big To Fail of the auto industry' for Paramount.

Paramount snapped up the film rights to the work by author Jack Ewing that will document how the German car company got away for years with what is regarded by The Hollywood Reporter as 'one of the greatest frauds in corporate history.'

DiCaprio, 40, will produce the film through his Appian Way production company and it's not yet known whether he intends to star in it.

The actor has produced two of his recent box office appearances, including The Wolf Of Wall Street and the upcoming The Revenant.