Scorsese, DiCaprio team up for "The Devil in the White City"August 11, 2015 - 09:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Erik Larson's "The Devil in the White City" is finally headed to the big screen, with Martin Scorsese directing and Leonardo DiCaprio starring in it, the Associated Press says. Paramount Pictures confirmed Monday, Aug 10, that it has optioned Larson's best-seller. The screenplay will be adapted by Billy Ray, who scripted "Captain Phillips" and "The Hunger Games." The film marks the sixth feature together for Scorsese and DiCaprio, who last joined for "The Wolf of Wall Street." Published in 2003, Larson's nonfiction book is about the architect of Chicago's 1893 World's Fair and a serial killer who used the fair as a setting for his murders. The book has long been a hot property in Hollywood, particularly pursued by DiCaprio. Photo: The Hollywood Reporter Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |