After five previous collaborations,
Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are teaming-up once again. This time the duo
are set to bring author Erick Larson's The Devil
In The White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
to the big screen. The non-fiction book details the horrific events that
transpire during the 1983 Chicago World's Fair, where H.H. Holmes murdered an
estimated 27 to 200 people.
Deadline reports that
after a fierce battle with five other studios, Paramount Pictures was finally able
to acquire the rights to Larson's gruesome details of America's first serial
killer and his murder castle, which included a gas chamber, a crematorium, and
a dissecting table.
Oscar nominated
screenwriter Billy Ray (Captain Phillips) has been working on the adaptation
for a while now, but only recently did he managed to crack the dynamic between
the producer and architect of the World's Fair and the man who worked for him, Holmes,
who will be portrayed in the film by DiCaprio.
Source - Deadline
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