It’s been 12 years since Leonardo Dicaprio bought the adaptation rights to ‘The devil in the white city’ with the idea that Erik Larson’s book would be the basis for a new collaboration with Martin Scorsese. The project fell through and was turned into a series with Scorsese and DiCaprio still on board as executive producers. Last year everything took a big step forward with the signing of Keanu Reeves to star in it, but that will no longer be the case.
Goodbye Kean
Reeves made his departure from the series official a few days ago, the reasons that led to it being unknown. Perhaps the surprise announcement of ‘Constantine 2’ led to him simply not being able to participate in both titles? It could be, but the only sure thing is that the protagonist of ‘Matrix’ He has gotten off the ship, and on top of that he has not been the only one.
To complicate matters further, the director Todd Field (‘Secret Games’) also left the ‘The Devil of the White City’ series shortly after Reeves’ departure. Field was scheduled to direct the first two episodes, so it’s also a very sensitive casualty for a project that has sunk in recent days.
Let us remember that ‘The Devil of the White City’ tells the true story of H. H. Holmes, considered by many to be America’s first serial killer. Of course, Reeves was chosen to give life to Daniel H Burnham, a visionary architect who helped create the first skyscrapers. No one had been booked for the role of Holmes.
At the moment, it is unknown to what extent this will affect the series that he had in the role of showrunner to Sam Shaw, because Hulu has not yet ruled on the matter. However, nobody is surprised if the thing comes to nothing. It was like that when it came to a movie.