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Joe Otterson TV Reporter In another blow to Hulu’s series adaptation of “The Devil in the White City,” Todd Field has exited the project on which he was to serve as director and executive producer, Variety has learned exclusively. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, the search is now on for a new director. News of Field’s departure from the show comes just days after Variety also exclusively reported that series star Keanu Reeves had bowed out as well. Field most recently wrote and directed the Cate Blanchett-led drama feature “Tár,” which debuted at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival. The film received rave reviews upon its debut and is being touted as an early Oscar contender. In his review for Variety, Owen Gleiberman wrote, “The movie is breathtaking — in its drama, its high-crafted innovation, its vision. It’s a ruthless but intimate tale of art, lust, obsession, and power.”

The devil was in the details, apparently: Hulu has decided not to move ahead with Devil in the White City.

Hulu is now searching for a new director and star for its upcoming limited series The Devil In The White City. Director Todd Field is the latest to depart the project, sources confirmed to Deadline. Hulu declined comment.

Keanu Reeves has exited Hulu’s limited series The Devil In The White City, sources close to the project have confirmed to Deadline.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Keanu Reeves will no longer star in the Hulu series adaptation of “The Devil in the White City,” Variety has learned exclusively from sources. The show was first put into development at Hulu in 2019 and was officially ordered to series at the streamer in August 2022. It is based on the book of the same name by by Erik Larson. Per the official logline, the show “tells the true story of Daniel H. Burnham, a demanding but visionary architect who races to make his mark on history with the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and Dr. H. H. Holmes, America’s first modern serial killer and the man behind the notorious ‘Murder Castle’ built in the Fair’s shadow.”

It’s official: Keanu Reeves will star in the long-gestating adaptation of Erik Larson’s Devil in the White City for Hulu.

Wager from 1742 that crashes and washes up on the coast of Brazil and 30 survivors who had been marooned for months and managed to make it back to shores and safety. But the story takes a turn when a few months later, a different set of just three survivors arrives in Chile and tell a different story saying that the men were not hero survivors but mutineers and that the crew while stranded on the island had descended into anarchy.

The Morning Show executive producer and director Mimi Leder is sticking around Apple TV+. The Emmy-winning filmmaker (On The Basis of Sex, ER) has signed a multi-year, overall deal with the streamer.

The History Channel has teamed up with a slew of A-listers on its latest slate of docuseries and non-scripted series.

Angelique Jackson Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio is in final talks to play religious cult leader Jim Jones in MGM’s upcoming feature, written by Scott Rosenberg, Variety has confirmed.DiCaprio will also produce the project alongside Jennifer Davisson for their Appian Way production company, with Rosenberg on board as an executive producer.Deadline was first to report news of DiCaprio’s involvement in the project.More to come…

EXCLUSIVE: In a pre-emptive situation, MGM has secured a deal for the feature film project Jim Jones, with Leonardo DiCaprio in final talks to star as the 1970s religious cult leader who was behind the mass-Jonestown suicide on November 18, 1978 that took more than 900 lives. The Oscar winner will produce for his Appian Way company alongside Jennifer Davisson.

EXCLUSIVE: Heather Mitchell (Scandal), Good Girls creator Jenna Bans and her Minnesota Logging Co. have come on board a one-hour drama in the works at Fox based on Joshilyn Jackson’s bestselling suspense novel Never Have I Ever.

EXCLUSIVE: English-language remake rights to Thomas Vinterberg’s Best International Film Oscar winner Another Round have been acquired after an auction. The film will be developed as a potential star vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio and was won in a bid by his and Jennifer Davisson’s Appian Way, Endeavor Content and Brad Weston’s Makeready. The film will be fully funded by Endeavor Content and Makeready.

Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions – the film and television production company co-run by Jennifer Davisson – has inked a multi-year first-look film deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment. The multi-picture deal already sees the companies in development on two projects, though now details were given.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLeonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions has signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment, reuniting the actor with the studio behind his recent hit “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Appian Way previously produced “The Revenant, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and “Shutter Island.” It is co-run by Jennifer Davisson.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmAppian Way Productions’ Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson have set the production company into a multi-picture, multi-year first look deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce scripted feature films.

Apple has signed a multi-year, first-look deal with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions.The deal with Appian Way, which is co-run by Jennifer Davisson, covers both film and TV projects.DiCaprio is already set to star in Martin Scorsese’s film for the streaming service, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and is a producer on Elisabeth Moss’s upcoming thriller “Shining Girls.”DiCaprio joins a stable of Apple producers including Oprah Winfrey, Idris Elba, Alfonso Cuaron, Julia Louis-Dreyfus,

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVApple has signed a first-look deal with Appian Way Prods., the film and television production company founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and co-run by Jennifer Davisson.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterApple has signed a first-look film and television deal with Appian Way, the production company founded by Leonardo DiCaprio.The multi-year deal between covers television projects and features.

Dave McNary Film ReporterLeonardo DiCaprio and Barry Jenkins and Netflix are collaborating on a movie version of the Oscar-nominated documentary “Virunga” about the battle to save the Congo’s endangered mountain gorillas.DiCaprio is producing with Jennifer Davisson and Phillip Watson for Appian Way, along with Joanna Natasegara for Violet Films.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Netflix and Leonardo DiCaprio are reteaming for a feature adaptation to the documentary Virunga, which will be written by Oscar-winning Moonlight helmer Barry Jenkins.