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Long-delayed DiCaprio/Scorsese serial killer film Devil in the White City back on track

The actor and director have wanted to film the true story of murders at the 1893 World’s Fair for more than a decade, and reports suggest it is back in pre-production

DiCaprio acquired the rights to Larson’s book in 2010, and Scorsese’s involvement was revealed in 2015, shortly after the pair had a substantial box office hit with the stocks trader comedy The Wolf of Wall Street. Although a script by Billy Ray had been completed, the film never materialised and in 2022 the project was converted to a TV series for US streaming platform Hulu, with Keanu Reeves in the lead role and Todd Field directing. Deadline reports that no script is attached to the current version of the project, while Scorsese has at least two major feature projects on hand – an adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s novel A Life of Jesus and a biopic of singer Frank Sinatra – as well as Shipwrecks of Sicily, a documentary about marine archaeology.

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