Leonardo DiCaprio is to play one of America’s most prolific serial killers, Dr HH Holmes, after buying the film rights to the book The Devil In The White City.
The Inception star and his producing partners have bought the rights to Erik
Larson’s non-fiction book about the Chicago serial killer who lured women to
his “murder castle” and after killing them would strip their skeletons to
sell for medical and scientific research, Deadline reports.
While Chicago was getting ready to host the World’s Fair of 1893, Holmes built
The World’s Fair Hotel especially for young, single women.
Using his charm he would lure guests into the hotel, complete with gas
chamber, crematorium and a dissecting table, where he would murder his
victims. He is believed to have killed between 27 and 200 people.
DiCaprio’s Appian Way partner Jennifer Killoran called The Devil In The White
City: Murder, Magic And Madness At The Fair That Changed America “truly a
one-of-its-kind American story about our nation’s first serial killer. We’re
excited to bring it to the big screen”.
The actor’s Double Features partners Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher said:
“This is a big, entertaining thriller in an incredible setting that will
appeal to worldwide audience.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8106290/Leonardo-DiCaprio-to-play-serial-killer.html
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