While the Leonardo DiCaprio-led The Devil in the White City never ended up happening, Keanu Reeves has come aboard to take on a different take of the non-fiction book.
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Erik Larson’s non-fiction novel The Devil in the White City has had a long road to the screen. Way back in 2010, it looked like Leonardo DiCaprio would star in a film adaptation of the book, which follows the construction of the World’s Fair in Chicago as well as the serial killer H.H. Holmes. Now it looks like The Devil in the White City will finally be adapted as a TV series with DiCaprio set to executive produce alongside Martin Scorsese. According to Variety, the duo will EP with Stacey Sher, Rick Yorn, Emma Koskoff, and …