In 2002, producer-director Martin Scorsese found a muse in Leonardo DiCaprio, and, for 13 years, the pair worked on a total of five movies. The two are willing to extend their partnership as new reports suggest that they will be working together in the upcoming movie adaptation of the non-fictional book, "The Devil in The White City: Murder, Magic And Madness At The Fair That Changed America," written by Erik Larson, according to CinemaBlend.
DiCaprio has been showing his interest in this movie in the past years, and, finally, it's confirmed that "The Devil in the White City" will be in production.
In a report from Deadline, Paramount just close a deal to acquire Larson's book from a big auction, with five other studios chasing and bidding to acquire rights over the material. Universal and Fox were among those who showed interest in Larson's book before Paramount got the package that stars DiCaprio, reuniting him with Scorsese, who also helmed "The Wolf of Wall Street."
Billy Ray will pen the script. Aside from being the lead star, DiCaprio will produce the movie together with Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Stacey Sher, Scorsese and Emma Tillinger Koskoff.
In a separate report from Deadline over four years ago, Killoran showed her excitement to produce the movie. In a statement, she said, "truly a one-of-its-kind American story about our nation's first serial killer. We're exited [sic] to bring it to the big screen."
The report revealed that "The Devil In The White City" is a true story of the cunning serial killer, Dr. HH Holmes, who murdered between 27 to 200 people. It occurred in Chicago when the city was delighted with hosting the World's Fair of 1893. Holmes constructed the World's Fair Hotel for young single women, which later turned into his "murder castle."
Holmes used his charm and craftiness to entice guests into the said building, which houses a crematorium, gas chamber and dissecting table where he killed his victims and stripped their skeletons. Holmes sells the skeletons for medical and scientific study.
Leonardo will take the killer's role, which interested Tom Cruise back in 2003. After the book's initial publication, Cruise optioned the book so that he could play Holmes, but DiCaprio did not just set back. He set up a rival project relying on public domain materials of Holme's murderous exploit, Deadline has learned.
After several years of waiting, "The Devil in The White City" will hit the big screens. However, although this will be DiCaprio and Scorsese's next collaboration, there is no definite date as to when they will start filming, according to CinemaBlend.
