Keanu Reeves Lands First Major TV Role In New Scorsese/DiCaprio Show
Keanu Reeves is making his first major leap to television with the Devil in the City show from Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio. The series is based on Erik Larson's 2003 non-fiction novel of the same name, which told the stories of Daniel Burnham, architect of the iconic 1893's World's Fair, and serial killer H.H. Holmes who lured his victims to his elaborately constructed Murder Castle. The Devil in the White City scored largely favorable reviews upon its release and quickly became a New York Times bestseller and earned a number of awards.
Development on an adaptation of The Devil in the White City has languished for well over a decade when Leonardo DiCaprio first acquired the rights to the novel with plans to turn it into a film. Martin Scorsese had been set to direct with Paramount Pictures producing, though plans would change as the two brought the project to Hulu to develop into a series after nine years of stalled progress. After this elongated development cycle, it looks like The Devil in the White City show is finally making major headway.
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Deadline has brought word that Keanu Reeves has officially been cast in the Devil in the White City series at Hulu. Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, who have been attached to an adaptation of the novel for over a decade, are set to executive produce the limited series. At the time of writing, no production start date has been set for Devil in the White City.
News of Reeves' confirmation in The Devil in the White City comes a few months after the John Wick actor first entered talks to join the Scorsese and DiCaprio show. The latter actor had previously been attached to star in the
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