Tom Hardy is rumoured to be reuniting with Leonardo DiCaprio.

The actor is in "serious talks" to join the cast of Alejandro González Inarritu's The Revenant, Digital Spy said citing Schmoes Know.

The pair starred together in Christopher Nolan's 2010 film Inception.

Based on Michael Punke's novel The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge, the film will centre around a 19th century fur trapper (DiCaprio) who is left for dead by his companions after a bear attack.

He survives and swears vengeance for their betrayal.

Hardy was most recently seen in Locke, while DiCaprio starred in The Wolf of Wall Street earlier in the year.

Inarritu's Birdman will be released later in the year, with The Revenant expected in Autumn 2015.