Kingsley catches Scorsese's "Shutter" bug

By Carly Mayberry

LOS ANGLES (Hollywood Reporter) - Ben Kingsley looks to have caught a case of island fever.

He has joined Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo in Martin Scorsese's drama "Shutter Island," which is set to begin shooting in March.

The Paramount Pictures project, based on a 2004 book by "Mystic River" novelist Dennis Lehane, centers on a U.S. marshal (Ruffalo) who along with his new partner (DiCaprio) travels to a Massachusetts island to investigate the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane. During their inquiry, the two encounter a web of deceit, experience a hurricane and become involved in a deadly inmate riot that leaves them trapped on the island.

Kingsley will play Dr. Cawley, the hospital's enigmatic chief physician who must reluctantly play host to the two U.S. marshals.

Kingsley, whose recent credits include "Lucky Number Slevin" and "Bloodrayne," is filming Paramount's "The Love Guru."

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter