after announcing the adaptation of the devil in the white cityby erik larson news has it that leonardo dicaprio and martin scorsese will turn killers of the flower moon into a movieaccording to a report by variety dicaprio and scorsese have teamedup again to direct and star in the movie adaptation of killers of the flower moon written by david grann the movies head scriptwriter will be eric roth who is known for his works in the forrest gump and the curious case of benjamin buttongranns killers of the flower moon is the winner of the edgar award for best fact crime it was also shortlisted for excellence in nonfiction for the andrew carnegie medalpublished by simon schuster ltd the books blurb reads in the 1920s the richest people per capita in the world were members of the osage indian nation in oklahoma after oil was discovered beneath their land they rode in chauffeured automobiles built mansions and sent their children to study in europe then one by one the osage began to be killed off as the death toll climbed the fbi took up the case but the bureau badly bungled the investigation in desperation its young director j edgar hoover turned to a former texas ranger named tom white to unravel the mystery together with the osage he and his undercover team began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in american historythe filming of killers of the flower moon movie is set to begin next summer while the release date is not yet announced