According to Deadline, Leonardo bought the rights to The Devil in the White City back in 2010. In 2015, he set up the project as a film at Paramount following a bidding war between studios, with Leo playing serial killer H. H. Holmes and his frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese on board as director, as Deadline reported at the time.
Now, however, The Devil in the White City is being developed as a limited series, with Leonardo and Martin executive-producing, Keanu playing Burnham, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Hulu is planning to release the series in 2024, Deadline adds. Hulu has been working on developing the book since 2019, and word of Reeve’s possible involvement made headlines this January.
The upcoming TV series — a collaboration between Paramount Television Studios and Disney’s ABC Signature — will be showrun by Sam Shaw, who previously created the Hulu anthology Castle Rock for Hulu. And Todd Field, the filmmaker behind the movies In the Bedroom and Little Children, will serve as director. Sam and Todd are joining Leo and Martin as executive producers, as are Rick Yorn, Jennifer Davisson, Stacey Sher, Lila Byock, and Mark Lafferty.