Devil in the White City limited series from Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese not moving forward at Hulu

The Devil in the White City series adaptation is reportedly no longer moving forward at Hulu. The series, which initially billed Keanu Reeves as the lead, had been in various stages of development for more than a decade.

As Variety notes, the series had originally been ordered to series at the streamer in August 2022 after originally being put into development in 2019. At the time, Keanu Reeves was attached to star with Todd Field onboard to direct. However, Field had dropped out of the show in October, with Reeves also exiting.

As per sources, Reeves came onboard for the series due to Field’s involvement, but dropped the drama from Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio once Field did. As per other sources, series producers Hulu and Paramount Television Studios and Disney’s ABC Signature had been in talks with Jeremy Allen White and Jude Law along with director Matt Ross for the project.

Per the official logline, the show “tells the true story of Daniel H. Burnham, a demanding but visionary architect who races to make his mark on history with the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and Dr. H. H. Holmes, America’s first modern serial killer and the man behind the notorious ‘Murder Castle’ built in the Fair’s shadow.”

Reeves was attached to play Burnham in the show which is based on the book of the same name by Erik Larson. The series also had Sam Shaw attached as writer, showrunner and executive producer alongside DiCaprio and his Appian Way partner, Jennifer Davisson, Lila Byock and Scorsese. As the outlet notes, there are plans to shop the project to other outlets.

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