Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese Join Forces Again for 'The Devil in the White City' Adaptation

Star Leonardo DiCaprio is all set to reunite with director Martin Scorsese, as the two head towards coming along in The Devil In The White City.

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00:00The long-awaited film adaptation of Eric Larson's best-selling book The Devil in the White City

00:06just got a shot of adrenaline.

00:09Sources report that 20th Century has come to a new project with Leonardo DiCaprio in

00:13talks to star in the movie and Martin Scorsese in talks to handle the direction.

00:18Together the two would also produce along with Stacy Sher, Rick Yeun and many others.

00:25Sources add that there is no script ready for the movie but it is currently in the development

00:29stage.

00:30As revealed by Hollywood Reporter, DiCaprio and Scorsese have been developing the project

00:35for quite some time now, considering that this was a story that has resonated throughout

00:40the years and still does.

00:42Leonardo first landed rights to the book in 2010 and though the project has gone through

00:47various stages of development over the long years, insiders now say that following a meeting

00:52with 20th Century executives, all parties were on board to tell the story at the theatrical

00:57level.

00:59Together Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese have worked on films like Gangs of New York,

01:04The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island and many more.

01:09Book The Devil in the White City tells the true story of two men, one who is an architect

01:15and another a serial killer whose fates were forever linked by the Chicago World's Fair

01:20of 1893.