After 15 years of aborted attempts to make a movie about America's first prolific serial killer, it appears Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are finally moving forward with an adaptation of Erik Larson's book The Devil in the White City.

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.

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,

Academy Award winners and longtime collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are reviving their film adaptation of Erik Larson's The Devil in

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.

Because of this, Martin Scorsese relied on Robert De Niro for years. Their relationship was as perfect as crushing a tomato into a paste, mixing it with high-fructose corn syrup, and spreading it across assorted meat parts in a thin casing.

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.

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's next collaboration "The Devil in the White City" is shaping up, as 20th Century has boarded the project.

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio may be set to make their seventh film together, as the director-actor duo is in talks to respectively direct and star in an adaptation of Erik Larson’s “Devil in the White City” for Disney’s 20th Century Studios, a project that the Oscar winners have wanted to make for years.