It seems The Matrix and John Wick‘s Keanu Reeves is headed to the 1893 World’s Fair in The Devil In The White City. Deadline reports that Reeves is in negotiations to star in the television adaptation of Erik Larson’s 2003 nonfiction book, which interweaves two plotlines: the story of Daniel H. Burnham, a brilliant architect trying to make his mark on the world, and of Dr H. H. Holmes, a charismatic criminal figure – often credited as the first modern serial killer – who lured victims to their deaths in his elaborately constructed “Murder Castle”, a palace he built to seduce, torture and mutilate young women. There’s no word yet on which of the two roles Reeves might play, though we’d love to see him tackle the latter.

The project has been stuck in development hell since 2010, when Leonardo DiCaprio won the rights to the book and brought Martin Scorsese on to direct a big-screen adaptation – the long-time collaborators are still attached as executive producers, despite the project moving from Warner Bros. to Paramount, for a release on Hulu. Todd Field (Little Children) is on board to direct the first two episodes of the series, with Castle Rock creator Sam Shaw as lead writer.