JOINING THE FUGITIVE AND CHAIN REACTION IN THE "FILMS OF HYDE PARK" GENRE: Speaking "compelling nonfiction that I assume 80% of this community has read," Erik Larson's 1893 Chicago World's Fair epic The Devil in the White City is being adapted for the big screen, with Leonardo DiCaprio set to start as Herman Webster Mudgett, alias H. H. Holmes. No word on who'll direct, or who'll play Daniel Burnham.
[As EW reported in 2003, Tom Cruise had originally optioned the book for himself upon its publication, but DiCaprio was so interested in the story that he hired screenwriters to develop a script based on the public domain materials. DiCaprio now has the full rights.]
