Deadline’s recent interview with Jordan Helman, head of scripted content at Hulu, revealed a few tantalizing tidbits about the streaming service’s project, The Devil in the White City. He confirms that Sam Shaw is the showrunner, working “within a small army of producers.” Previous reports have this production team including Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Emma Koskoff, Jennifer Davisson, Rick Yorn, and Stacey Sher.

Helman also confirms that sitting in the director’s chair will be Todd Field, whom he describes as “one of the great American filmmakers.” Field has just over a dozen directing credits, including In the Bedroom (2001) starring Sissy Spacek, and may be familiar to audiences as the piano-playing “Nick Nightingale” character in Eyes Wide Shut (1999).

Helman’s most interesting revelation is that Hulu is “currently in discussions with a really inspired and probably unexpected A-list actor to help us bring it to life.” Since the project moved to Hulu in 2019, there have been scant details on its progress except some teases about potential lead actors (Keanu? Matt? Robert?) News of an “unexpected A-list actor” has us more excited that a telegraph key under President Cleveland’s finger.

See “Hulu Scripted Chief Jordan Helman Feeling Bullish About Emmy Chances; ‘Dopesick,’ ‘The Dropout’ & ‘Pam & Tommy’ “At Center Of Cultural Conversation” by Lynette Rice on deadline.com, May 6, 2022.