Leo DiCaprio & Martin Scorsese to Reteam for DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY

Leonardo DiCaprio will once again team up with director Martin Scorsese for the big screen adaptaton of Erik Larson's best-selling novel, The Devil in the White City, according to Deadline. Screenwriter Billy Ray is set to pen the project.

The 'Titanic' star will portray Dr HH Holmes, a serial killer who murdered hundreds of victims at his World's Fair Hotel in Chicago, nicknamed the 'Murder Castle'. The structure featured a gas chamber, dissection table and a crematorium.

News of the project was confirmed after Paramount acquired the rights to Erik Larson's true crime book The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness At The Fair That Changed America. In a competitive auction, the studio outbid Universal and FOX to secure the rights.

The film will mark the sixth project that DiCaprio and Scorsese have worked on together. Previous collaborations includeThe Wolf of Wall Street, Shutter Island, The Departed, The Aviator and Gangs of New York.

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