Cruise and DiCaprio vie for screen victims

Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio are in a race to be first to the screen with the true story of a murderer who stalked his prey at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.

Both stars have asked their production companies to develop projects based on the story of HH Holmes, a charming doctor who lured his young women victims to a hotel he built not far from the fairgrounds of the vast event, reports Daily Variety.