Tom vs DiCaprio?

BOTH PARAMOUNT AND DI CAPRIO PLAN ON FILMING MURDEROUS CAPER AT 1893 WORLD’S FAIR. PARAMOUNT
WITH THE BOOK; DICAPRIO TO GO WITH PUBLIC RECORDS

WE MENTIONED a week or two ago ago that it is amazing that as soon as a production entity or a studio latches on to a major book or current headline story, that one or two other producers announce that they, too, are planning such a film. Such is the case this week as one major studio, and an independent production company headed by Leonardo Di Caprio, have announced a similar project. It is the story of The Devil In White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America. Paramount has acquired the film rights to the book of that title and have attached Katherine Bigelow to direct with no cast set to be produced by (Tom) Cruise/(Paula) Wagner Productions for the studio. Further west in Beverly Hills, Leonardo Di Caprio has also announced that he is setting up a film about the serial killer H.H. Holmes and the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair wherein two men – an architect and a serial killer (Holmes) – made it their “playground” which is the subject of Erik Larson’s book acquired by Paramount for filming.. However, Di Caprio’s office said that it will proceed with a similar project based on public records instead of any book. However, the DiCaprio version will mainly deal with H.H. Holmes and the detective that tracked him down and arrested him. Di Caprio will produce and star in the film; and therein lies the tale.

Thanks Chantal

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