Keanu Reeves exits Hulu’s The Satan within the White Metropolis collection

Selection has reported that Keanu Reeves has dropped out of The Satan within the White Metropolis, simply two months after he first signed on to star within the Hulu restricted collection.

The Satan within the White Metropolis tells the story of Daniel H. Burnham, “a visionary architect who units out to mark historical past with the 1893 Chicago World’s Honest, and Dr. H. Holmes, America’s first fashionable serial killer and the person behind the infamous “Homicide Citadel” that was constructed within the shadow of the Honest.” Along with starring in The Satan within the White Metropolis, Keanu Reeves was additionally set to govt produce the mission. This is able to have marked Keanu Reeves’ first main position on U.S. TV, but it surely’s unclear right now why he exited the collection.

Primarily based on Erik Larson’s novel of the identical title, The Satan within the White Metropolis was initially arrange as a characteristic movie with Martin Scorsese directing and Leonardo DiCaprio set to star. Nonetheless, Hulu introduced in 2019 that they’d be growing the mission as an eight-episode restricted collection as an alternative. Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio remained on board as govt producers. Sam Shaw serves as author and showrunner on the mission, with Todd Subject set to direct. Each will govt produce alongside Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rick Yorn, Jennifer Davisson, Stacey Sher, Lila Byock, and Mark Lafferty. Manufacturing gained’t get underway till subsequent 12 months, with the collection set for a 2024 launch.

Keanu Reeves will subsequent be seen within the fourth installment of the John Wick franchise, which is ready to hit theaters on March 24, 2023. The actor additionally not too long ago expressed an curiosity in becoming a member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, singling out Ghost Rider as a job he’d prefer to play.