Keanu Reeves To Star In "THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY", Detailing America's First Serial Killer H.H. Holmes!

News has come our way that Keanu Reeves has landed the starring role in the much talked about new flick “The Devil In The White City" which details the grisly murders of H.H. Holmes, who many consider to be America’s FIRST Serial Killer.

. The films source material was written by Erk Larson in 2003 of the same name.

Leonardo DiCaprio bought the film rights to the book in 2010.

“The Devil in the White City”, which is being produced for Hulu as a series, tells the true story of two men, an architect and a serial killer, whose fates were forever linked by The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893.

“It follows Daniel H. Burnham, a brilliant and fastidious architect racing to make his mark on the world and Henry H. Holmes, a handsome and cunning doctor who fashioned his own pharmaceutical “Murder Castle” on fair grounds – a palace built to seduce, torture and mutilate young women.

“The story takes the viewer on a tour of murder, romance and mystery in the gilded age,” adds Deadline, who broke the news.

Martin Scorsese is executive producing alongside Rick Yorn, Sam Shaw, Jennifer Davisson and Stacey Sher. Todd Field is set to direct the first two episodes of the limited series.

As of this writing, we’re not sure what role Keanu will be playing. If he is indeed H.H. Holmes, that would be a splendid performance. Here’s hoping.

To get you a bit familiar with H.H. Holmes, here’s a great little documentary from the History Channel.