Leonardo DiCaprio is set to play the role of the notorious serial killer, Dr. Hh Holmes. Deadline reports that Warner Bros has acquired The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic And Madness At The Fair That Changed America, the non-fiction book by Erik Larson. Graham Moore has been tapped to pen the adaptation that tells the story of Holmes’ grisly murders during the Worlds Fair of 1893 in Chicago. Graham rose to fame after his 2011 Black List script for The Imitation Game was bought by Warner Bros for a 7-figure spec deal.
This deal has been in the works since last year, when DiCaprio’s Appian Way first bought the project. WB just acquired the project and will produce along with Appian. The film will tell the story of Holmes, “the 19th Century equivalent of Hannibal Lecter. A cunning charmer, Holmes preyed on anywhere from 27 to 200 people at a time...
This deal has been in the works since last year, when DiCaprio’s Appian Way first bought the project. WB just acquired the project and will produce along with Appian. The film will tell the story of Holmes, “the 19th Century equivalent of Hannibal Lecter. A cunning charmer, Holmes preyed on anywhere from 27 to 200 people at a time...
- 12/18/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
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