Larson’s best-selling book The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America is set in Chicago at the end of the 19th century and focuses on World’s Fair architect Daniel Burnham and serial killer H.H. Holmes.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese And 20th Century are teaming on a movie adaptation of Devil In The White City now set up at 20th Century Studios.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are looking to get back in the saddle. A theatrical feature-length adaptation of Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City, which has been in various stages of production for over 20 years,

Despite decades in development hell, a The Devil in the White City movie is gaining momentum with Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio attached.

Scorsese and DiCaprio's 'Devil in the White City' has found a new home at 20th Century Studios and will be a feature-length film.

First published in 2004, “The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America” tells the story of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, following ambitious architect Daniel H. Burnham and the murders of serial killer Dr. H. H. Holmes that took place during the event.