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Keanu Reeves Almost Wasn't Keanu Reeves
We won't see Keanu Reeves on the tiny surface anytime soon.
The actor, who was acceptable to marque his tv debut successful Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's Hulu and Paramount TV bid The Devil successful the White City, volition nary longer look the series, Entertainment Weekly reported Oct. 7. No crushed for his departure was given, and reps for Hulu and Reeves did not instantly respond to E!'s requests for comment.
Reeves was acceptable to play Daniel H. Burnham, the legendary designer who was the originative imaginativeness down the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The Devil successful the White City, based on Erik Larson's 2003 nonfiction publication of the aforesaid name, volition travel Burnham and Dr. H. H. Holmes, America's archetypal modern-day serial slayer whose notorious Murder Castle—where helium killed galore of his victims—was built successful the Fair's shadow. Before his 1896 execution, Holmes confessed to 27 murders, though immoderate claim helium killed up to 200 people.
In summation to starring successful the film, Reeves was besides acceptable to enforcement nutrient the bid alongside Scorsese and DiCaprio.
The bid has had a agelong roadworthy to the tiny screen, with assorted studios and actors trying to accommodate the publication since it came retired astir 2 decades ago. Tom Cruise first nabbed the rights for a movie successful 2003, but they expired conscionable a twelvemonth later. In 2010, DiCaprio acquired the rights with the volition to prima successful the task arsenic the serial killer, with Scorsese boarding arsenic manager successful 2015. Just a fewer years aboriginal successful 2019, Hulu announced that the communicative would beryllium coming to the streamer arsenic a limited series, but it's unclear if DiCaprio volition present beryllium progressive beyond enforcement producing.
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Devil successful the White City is expected to premiere connected Hulu sometime successful 2023.
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