Deadline is reporting that the long-gestating film has found a new home, as 20th Century is now set to make it, and Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are both in active talks. The movie will tell the horrifying true story of Dr.

Larson’s best-selling book The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America is set in Chicago at the end of the 19th century and focuses on World’s Fair architect Daniel Burnham and serial killer H.H. Holmes.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are looking to get back in the saddle. A theatrical feature-length adaptation of Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City, which has been in various stages of production for over 20 years,

Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese And 20th Century are teaming on a movie adaptation of Devil In The White City now set up at 20th Century Studios.

DiCaprio gained the rights to the 2003 true crime novel back in 2010. A Hulu adaptation of the series rumoured to star Keanu Reeves was planned but it never materialised

First published in 2004, “The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America” tells the story of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, following ambitious architect Daniel H. Burnham and the murders of serial killer Dr. H. H. Holmes that took place during the event.

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio may be set to make their seventh film together, as the director-actor duo is in talks to respectively direct and star in an adaptation of Erik Larson’s “Devil in the White City” for Disney’s 20th Century Studios, a project that the Oscar winners have wanted to make for years.

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio ‘s long-time project The Devil in the White City has landed at 20th Century Studios, breathing life into the film that has been in development for almost 20 years.

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's next collaboration "The Devil in the White City" is shaping up, as 20th Century has boarded the project.