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WhileMartin ScorseseandLeonardo DiCapriohave made some severely dark projects together , one canceled show they were collaborate on would have outdone them all in terms of its troubling impact . Scorsese and DiCaprio ’s history of working together began with 2002’sGangs of New Yorkand proceed with 2004’sThe aeronaut , but it was with 2006’sThe Departedthat the pair collide with their pace . The grimy police thriller stars DiCaprio as an undercover cop inquire the syndicate , and it makes the gangsters of Scorsese ’s early picture show look like valet de chambre asitexplores an even filthy side of the criminal underworld .
Their next movie together , 2010’sShutter Island , is a brutally bleak film noir that star DiCaprio as a troubled cop investigating a creepy sanitarium . While that collaboration has some problems , 2013’sThe Wolf of Wall Streetsaw the pair render to critical plaudits with a blackly amusing look at insider trading , stock grocery store corruption , and capitalist greed . Scorsese and DiCaprio ’s study of hubris , excess , and wanton wildness top out in 2023 withKillers of the Flower Moon , a sour historic epic that chronicle the murder of an autochthonal American family by one of their white husbands and his corrupt uncle . Before it , though , the director and player almost went even morose .
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The Devil In The White City Would’ve Been A Super Dark Scorsese & DiCaprio Movie
As brutal as Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio ’s nail collaboration are , none of them can vie with one unmade project the duo was attached to year ago . With the original plan for Scorsese to take and DiCaprio to asterisk , The Devil in the White Citywas go to be about the infamous serial cause of death H. H. Holmes and his horrific " Murder Castle , " as adapted from Erik Larson ’s book of the same name . Holmes is regard America ’s first serial orca , and although the historical details of his so - ring “ Murder Castle ” are heatedly debated , there is no doubt that the sensationalist story of Holmes ’s crimes would have made for a fascinating , sick biopic .
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Although the realness of his putting to death might have been less dramatic than some present-day sources claim , Holmes did commit a staggering numeral of murders during his life , and he did commission a purpose - built “ Murder Castle ” for the sake of these offense . The con artist ’s contradictory explanation of his own life , as well as the tempo of Larson’sThe Devil in the White City , ensure thatDiCaprio and Scorsese ’s series could have been a deep unsettling repulsion narration . Holmes ’s terrifying legacy was catch in the book , butKillers of the Flower Moonended up becoming the only serial killer biopic that DiCaprio and Scorsese would cooperate on .
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What Happened To Scorsese & DiCaprio’s The Devil In The White City?
The Devil in the White Citywent from being a movie directed by Martin Scorsese and asterisk Leonardo DiCaprio to a TV show , which would have see Keanu Reeves take on the lead role . That projection has since been abandon and nothing is happening withThe Devil in the White Citynow . Reeves is no longer up for the role of H. H. Holmes and , althoughTardirector Todd Field was attach to direct the first two sequence of the show , he is no longer involved in the serial either . However , Martin ScorseseandLeonardo DiCapriomay still be attached as executive producers if the project ever materialise .
