{"id":90305,"date":"2022-10-07T22:19:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T22:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/keanu-reeves-departs-martin-scorsese-leonardo-dicaprios-devil-in-the-white-city-at-hulu-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2022-10-07T22:19:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T22:19:01","slug":"keanu-reeves-departs-martin-scorsese-leonardo-dicaprios-devil-in-the-white-city-at-hulu-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/keanu-reeves-departs-martin-scorsese-leonardo-dicaprios-devil-in-the-white-city-at-hulu-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Keanu Reeves Departs Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Devil in the White City’ at Hulu \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tThat was fast.<\/p>\n

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\tTwo months after Hulu officially confirmed that Keanu Reeves would lead its Devil in the White City <\/em>series from Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, the Matrix <\/em>favorite has exited the project.<\/p>\n

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\tSources say the Disney-backed streamer is already searching for a replacement star to lead the drama, which has been in various stages of development for more than a decade. Reps for Hulu and Reeves declined to comment.<\/p>\n

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\tHulu officially ordered Devil in the White City <\/em>in early August, with Reeves officially closing a deal to star in the series that would have marked his largest TV commitment to date.<\/p>\n

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\tThe show has been in the works for more than a decade, including a stint when it was envisioned as a feature film, with Sam Shaw (Hulu’s Castle Rock<\/em>) on board as writer, showrunner and exec producer. DiCaprio and his Appian Way partner, Jennifer Davisson, exec produce alongside Scorsese. The latter was previously set to direct the feature movie take that had been set up at Paramount Pictures with DiCaprio formerly set to star. Reeves \u2014 following months of dealmaking \u2014 was attached to star and exec produce the series that landed at Hulu for development in 2019. Todd Field is on board to direct the crime drama, which is now a co-production between Paramount Television Studios and Disney’s ABC Signature. Paramount Pictures won the rights to the novel following a massive bidding war in 2015, when Billy Ray was on board to pen the scripts.<\/p>\n

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\tBased on Erik Larson’s novel, Devil <\/em>revolves around Daniel H. Burnham (the role formerly to have been played by Reeves), a demanding but visionary architect who races to make his mark on history with the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and Dr. HH Holmes, America’s first modern serial killer and the man behind the notorious \u201cMurder Castle\u201d built in the fair’s shadow. (DiCaprio is not expected to have an onscreen role as of press time.)<\/p>\n

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\tRick Yorn, Stacey Sher, Field and Mark Lafferty also exec produce the series. A formal episode count has not yet been determined. Scorsese and DiCaprio have previously teamed up for features Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island <\/em>and The Wolf of Wall Street. <\/em>The frequent developed collaborators had previously TV takes on Gang of New York <\/em>and Shutter Island, <\/em>though neither moved beyond the script stage. DiCaprio currently has a movie and TV deal at Apple. DiCaprio exec produces the Apple series Shining Girls <\/em>and has the $200 million feature Killers of the Flower Moon <\/em>set to debut on the streamer next year.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHR<\/em>‘s sibling site, variety<\/em>was first to report Reeves’ exit.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n