Keanu Reeves Is In Talks for Devil in the White City Series

Keanu Reeves In Talks To Star In Hulu’s Series Adaptation Of ‘The Devil In The White City’ From Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Todd Field & Sam Shaw

The Limited Series Adaptation of the Bestselling Book Devil in the White City Would Be Keanu Reeves’ First Major TV Role

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Will the star of John Wick and Matrix grace us with his first major TV role as a serial killer from 1893? We can’t hope.

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Keanu Reeves is in talks to bring his big-screen star power to TV: The Matrix star could be the lead in Hulu’s upcoming limited series adaptation of author Erik Larson’s 2003 bestselling book The Devil in the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair That Changed America.

The book, based on real characters, tells the story of the man credited as being the first modern serial killer, H.H. Holmes, and Daniel Burnham, the architect being the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The book tells both stories in an intricate format. Leonardo DiCaprio bought the film rights to the book in 2010, and it was originally planned as a Paramount big screen project.

Hulu announced they would film it as a series in 2019. Reeves would play Burnham, who overcame a number of struggles to build the historic fair. DiCarpio and Martin Scorsese will executive produce the series.

The news comes as The Matrix Resurrections was released at the end of last year. Reeves, whose Bill & Ted Face The Music was released in 2020, is also starring in John Wick: Chapter 4, which is due for release in 2023 and is voicing a character in DC League of Super-Pets.