LOS ANGELES (AP) — Keanu Reeves will star in a TV adaptation of “The Satan within the White Metropolis,” the bestselling nonfiction thriller about ambition, a killer and the 1893 World’s Honest in Chicago.
Reeves will painting Daniel H. Burnham, an architect “making an attempt to make his mark on historical past” along with his designs for the honest, Hulu mentioned in asserting the restricted collection Thursday. The opposite central position, that of convicted assassin Dr. H.H. Holmes, has but to be solid, the streaming service mentioned.
Erik Larson’s novelistic-style account of the honest — formally known as the World’s Columbian Exposition — was printed in 2003. The honest’s nickname was White Metropolis, stemming from the colour of lots of its constructing exteriors.
Numerous Hollywood gamers circled the e book, and Leonardo DiCaprio acquired the rights in 2010, with the intention of starring in a big-screen model as Holmes. Martin Scorsese reportedly was set to direct.
Scorsese, DiCaprio and Reeves are among the many collection’ producers. There was no quick phrase of an on-screen position for DiCaprio within the Hulu venture, and its launch date was not introduced.
Reeves has labored nearly solely in movies, together with the “Matrix” and “John Wick” franchises. He took an tour into TV with “Swedish Dicks,” a 2016-18 comedy collection about Swedish non-public eyes by which Reeves made temporary appearances.
Holmes, born Herman Webster Mudgett, was linked to and confessed to quite a few murders. He was convicted and sentenced to demise for just one and was executed in 1896.
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