
The Devil In The White City | Martin Scorsese’s crime thriller finds a new home at 20th Century Studios

In development hell for years, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio ‘s period crime thriller The Devil In The White City has been picked up by 20th Century Studios.
Around 15 years after the rights were first picked up, Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese’s period crime thriller project The Devil In The White City has found a home at 20th Century Studios.
Based on Erik Larson’s 2004 non-fiction book about a 19th century serial killer, the project has been in various stages of development hell for over 20 years. Tom Cruise originally had an adaptation planned shortly after the book’s publication, but that fell apart. Leonardo DiCaprio then acquired the rights in 2010, and the project has wandered from studio to studio ever since.
At one point, The Devil In The White City was going to be a Paramount movie; then it was billed as a prestige TV series at Hulu. ABC Signature...
Around 15 years after the rights were first picked up, Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese’s period crime thriller project The Devil In The White City has found a home at 20th Century Studios.
Based on Erik Larson’s 2004 non-fiction book about a 19th century serial killer, the project has been in various stages of development hell for over 20 years. Tom Cruise originally had an adaptation planned shortly after the book’s publication, but that fell apart. Leonardo DiCaprio then acquired the rights in 2010, and the project has wandered from studio to studio ever since.
At one point, The Devil In The White City was going to be a Paramount movie; then it was billed as a prestige TV series at Hulu. ABC Signature...
- 1/23/2025
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
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