W hen Martin Scorsese is passionate about getting a movie made, he can exhibit saint-like patience. For example, it took the filmmaker nearly 30 years to make his religious drama

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,

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.

The Devil in the White City narrates the chilling story of Dr. HH Holmes, a cunning serial killer who is believed to have murdered between 27 and 200 people during Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. The book delves into the deep contrasts between the wonders at the exposition and Holmes's chilling deeds.

The adaptation of Erik Larson's 2004 book on the 1893 World's Fair is one of Scorsese and DiCaprio's longest gestating projects.